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

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1 But then , if a lot of rabbits were afraid of some newcomers and wanted to deceive them — get them down a hole and attack them — they 'd start — would n't they ? — by sending someone who was plausible .
2 Melt into the Jungle and no-one sees them again until Vic 's researchers track them down a year ago .
3 That 's right , so we work them down a bit .
4 No , take them down a bit
5 I 'll just file them down a bit .
6 So , in other words , you can push them down a bit .
7 It is still used for solvent extraction procedures such as extracting drugs to put them down a chromatography column , ‘ but a lot of people have been replacing it because of its carcinogenicity ’ .
8 He 's toned them down a hell of a lot .
9 But some of my friends would never tell their brothers a thing like that ; their brothers put them down a lot .
10 Out of all the bands the NME posse catches at the CMJ , RATM are by far the most brilliantly relevant : the first to grab political issues by the scruff of the neck and ram them down the toilet pan .
11 This assumes that girls themselves want to do this , unlike Kate whose response to being given contraceptive pills by her mother was to put them down the toilet .
12 And er then th one man used to load the barrel , and the other man was to put them down the plank .
13 Put them down the hole .
14 Nor could you just shut your eyes and throw them down the hatch ; because the whole pleasure of a chicken 's foot would come from sucking and nibbling it slowly , seeking out the tasty skin and the fragments of flesh like the last moments of a particularly luscious spare rib .
15 It 's cos they do n't go out see and when they do go out I remember the first time I took them down the park , they were like monkeys
16 We 'll have to take them down the recycling .
17 Just put them down the way you think that they 're spelt .
18 Well we had to drag them down the hall .
19 We had hung them down the inside of our trousers when we got out of the car .
20 And when and when erm dad got in a Land Rover round field it used to beat them down the field !
21 Then the fire died down and Isambard 's more timorous followers came hurtling after him , and by sheer weight swept their opponents before them down the hillside .
22 Joan that 's right , I met them down the town in Torquay
23 He shepherded the twins aboard without losing either of them down the gap and found seats for them in the same row .
24 The tongue acts as a pump , helping to suck in small forms of water-life and squeeze them down the throat .
25 Chris leads them down the hallway to the bedroom , and gets back on the bed next to Pauline .
26 Most recent of course , is euthanasia it does n't draw the line at killing foxes I had this terrible vision in the early hours this morning , of Ron closing all our elderly persons ' homes , pushing all the old people out onto the street and the hunt with at its head hunting them down the countryside .
27 He 'd get his mam to do them , or taken them down the launderette like Nick Kamen did .
28 She said I 'm not wearing them down the shop .
29 That I told Oliver I 'd put them down the waste-disposal and the phone went silent , and when I finally said , ‘ Are you still there ? ’ he just answered , ‘ I love you , ’ and hung up .
30 Lesley 's had a letter to say from them down the job place they ai n't got nothing .
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