Example sentences of "and [vb -s] down [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles .
2 Movement in these circumstances is over short distances and occurs down a pressure gradient .
3 If records are stored in the next available position in the prime data area — the consecutive spill method — but a link field is provided from the home record or from the last synonym , this avoids unnecessary head movements and cuts down the search time required for the consecutive spill techniques .
4 The Kumbukan river rises with the first rains and breaks down the sand bar between itself and the sea .
5 He controls fights and calms down a stage invasion .
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