Example sentences of "[verb] down [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The sit down snack bar
2 If Forgive us our … had been followed by sins ( as it is in some modern versions of the Lord 's Prayer ) , inappropriate contextual information could slow down word identification if used too early .
3 This gave the ‘ Maranyl ’ business the tool it needed to drive down batch/run size .
4 This not only affects individuals , but also slows down service development to meet changing patterns of need .
5 It comes off at North Cheams and goes down Church Hall Road , and up Priory Road , till it the end of Avenue
6 The Regional Council is engaged in drawing down Capital grant assistance under RECHAR and mainstream ERDF programmes .
7 Killer bug shuts down baby ward
8 The Trust will be drawing on its experience of upland erosion and repair work in the Lake District ; it will also be liaising with the many bodies which take an interest in the Mournes , including Down District Council , the Mournes Advisory Council and the education and library boards .
9 After exceptional provisions of £23.5 million on winding down property development business , however , pre-tax profits , under the new FRS3 formula , fell 7 per cent to £210.9 million .
10 Sketchy jumping had let down Country Member on a number of occasions last season but he fenced soundly this time , quickening well between the last two to take command .
11 Can I just make one suggestion , sorry , and that is er , in four point nine , where you 've got your formal commissioning letter er , you put down order form or contract .
12 I put down sodium chlorate and poisoned everything , reducing it to two acres of brown earth . ’
13 On four , there was a proposal to establish a two hundred and fifty thousand pound contingency capital sum , against which bids could be made for schemes that would bring down action grant , and I would 've su thought that scheme number four would be a bid against that two hundred and fifty thousand erm , contingency .
14 Position this end at the leading edge , pinning the tape over the raw edge of the turned down heading allowance , and leaving 2.5cm ( 1in ) above it ( fig. 25 ) .
15 Instead he fairly hustled his big body along , as if it were a laggardly prisoner he was escorting down death row .
16 During this time overgrazing and treading by stock , particularly in wet conditions , will damage the root system , break down soil structure , and cause gaps in the new sward .
17 To cope with these complications , socialization theories break down gender psychology into ever simpler units , and build up more and more elaborate models of learning around them .
18 Amstrad has taken a £7.24 million charge for the restructuring of its Spanish subsidiary , and has also written down computer stock by £3.6 million more .
19 Well it jumped up there and run down building brick
20 Joyriders run down wheelchair mother
21 A filing mechanism cuts down debtor misbehaviour because the availability of reliable information about the debtor 's property reduces the debtor 's incentive to misbehave by removing the opportunity to do so .
22 I know it 's daft , she said should 've gone Christmas week and I said I 'm not going down Christmas week so I went the week before .
23 Shortly afterwards he identified inflation as , ‘ Public Enemy Number One ’ and urged a tax increase upon congress as a way of damping down consumer spending .
24 Teachers must also mark down GCSE work containing poor grammar .
25 Last November the executive committee turned down North Down 's application .
26 In the late morning he left the house to walk down Church Row to the garage where he kept his car .
27 ( 8 ) Hoorays love Indian food and on non-party nights ( Mondays ) , you will find them in groups of eight or ten , stuffing down chicken dopiaza and naan bread with all the vengeance of people who have n't eaten properly for days .
28 Holding down money wage increases can reduce both inflation and real wage rises , as lower cost increases enable employers to raise profit margins where competition is weak .
29 John Coffin walked down Church Row on his way home , cutting through Queen Charlotte 's Alley , on purpose to have a look at the house where the Flemings lived .
30 And sometimes I walked down lace market for me dinner and m And er we used to have to go on er on green , for three penn'orth a breast of mutton , to make stew and hap'orth of mixed potherbs , and do together and it were lovely .
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