Example sentences of "in [noun] [verb] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rapid counter-offensive culminated in Hateley bursting down the left flank . |
| 2 | Going on to a weight-reducing diet actually reduces the rates of hormone production by the thyroid , and in turn slows down the metabolic rate . |
| 3 | A hoax in Newcastle shut down the main BR railway station , and in Tyne and Wear thousands of tube passengers were stranded when all 46 Metro stations were evacuated while 37 miles of track was searched . |
| 4 | More experimental work in oils runs down the central spine of the exhibition including as it does both the ring form Sea and Rocks ( 534 ) and the hessian Collage in Brown of Trees ( 34 ) . |
| 5 | It is my contention that ‘ time ’ is now under the control of such an individual , who manipulates it in order to do down the working man . |