Example sentences of "[noun sg] down [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut the crap — he 's doing a handrail down a flight of steps , that 's all . |
| 2 | Diana enjoyed herself enormously at the birthday party not least because it brought her sister down a peg or two . |
| 3 | It was high time someone took his young sister down a peg . |
| 4 | And an hour down the golf range . |
| 5 | ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites . |
| 6 | That narrows the field down a bit , if it 's correct . |
| 7 | It entails beating up some chicken eggs , putting them into a syringe and squirting the uncooked scramble down the bird 's throat . |
| 8 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |
| 9 | What we are talking about is moving the responsibility down a stage so that there is a system in place that recognises individual club players and helps them when they move up . |
| 10 | ‘ Let's stroll a bit down the Boulevard de Waterloo , ’ Marler suggested . |
| 11 | And then on 10 April 1544 came Henry 's chilling order to his brother-in-law Edward , earl of Hertford , to put all to fire and sword , burn Edinburgh town , so razed and defaced when you have sacked and gotten what ye can of it , as there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon ( them ) for their falsehood and disloyalty … and as many towns and villages about Edinburgh as ye may conveniently , sack Leith and burn and subvert it and all the rest , putting man , woman and child to fire and sword , without exception where any resistance shall be made against you ; and this done , pass over to the Fifeland and extend like extremities and destructions in all towns and villages whereunto you may reach conveniently , not forgetting among all the rest so to spoil and turn upside down the Cardinal 's town of St Andrews , as the upper stone may be the nether , and not one stick stand by another , sparing no creature alive within the same … |
| 12 | After scouring through several reports , he ran his forefinger down a column of figures and discovered the facts behind the old woman 's plight : commodity prices are plunging . |
| 13 | You 've got the notes a b c d e f sharp g sharp a coming down a g sharp f sharp , well it 's not the bloody minor scale then is it ? |
| 14 | DESPITE AMERICA LETTING THE SIDE DOWN A BIT , SAGE GROUP PROSPERS ON BACK OF NEW PRODUCTS , ACQUISITIONS |
| 15 | I du n no , on the one side down a bit so he was n't so noticeable and round the other side there 's ! |
| 16 | The answer is to send the light down a pipe which guides it round corners . |
| 17 | Each unit acts like an eye , and contains a small lens or facet , which focuses light down a rod ( known as a rhabdom ) made up of layers of light detectors . |
| 18 | Then you take that and taper down a bit and then it 's gon na split again |
| 19 | The average business traveller , who does n't pay his own bills or make his own booking , will plump for that option in preference to a detour down a country lane or through suburbs in search of some unknown quantity which might turn out to be a gem . |
| 20 | If you injected cold air you 'd actually chill the furnace down a bit . |
| 21 | Yeah , I know it still needs treatment but I mean it 'll try and get the swelling down a bit . |
| 22 | Killing an animal harms it , of course ; so does cutting down a tree . |
| 23 | Now all Madame Butterfly had to do was climb down a piece of wood twice her height and fly free . |
| 24 | Later that afternoon , Branson telephoned Clark 's wife , pretending to be the managing director of the company to which Clark was going , and talked gibberish down the telephone . |
| 25 | When their fighting ceased , she sat astride his chest , gradually sliding down to his toes like a small girl down a banister . |
| 26 | The Warden had robbed her of her rightful position of importance in the drama , but at least she could make herself feel better by taking this girl down a peg or two . |
| 27 | Then Vernage noticed Sergeant King staggering down the road in a desperate bid to flag down a car . |
| 28 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 29 | I stopped the car in the entrance to the farm and would the window down an inch or two . |
| 30 | She died three years ago in a tragic fall down a flight of stairs . |