Example sentences of "[noun sg] down in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First violin Michael Thomas explains in the liner notes that in the early seventies they would often let their hair down in private , arranging and playing pieces from Joplin to the Beatles and Brubeck purely for fun . |
| 2 | It was a foursome in Pepe 's on Saturday , and Shelley let her hair down in more ways than one , dancing vigorously with the hunky Carlos , while Rosie and her good-looking little Francisco sat in the shadows , their heads close together . |
| 3 | There 's only one putting their foot down in this house ! |
| 4 | ( 3 ) Pull the club down in one smooth movement retaining as big a wrist angle as possible . |
| 5 | Other recent cases of " friendly fire " involving US forces included air attacks on UK personnel during the Gulf war [ see p. 38927 ; see also pp. 36169-70 for the shooting down in 1988 of an Iranian commercial airliner ] . |
| 6 | So much had been expected , yet it was a carbon copy of the wipe-out on the same track three years ago , and may signal a pruning down in future transatlantic visits for the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 7 | Look at all these scum down in that lower class ! |
| 8 | After opening this campaign with a 6-0 , 6-1 win over Greece 's Christina Papaduka , Evert said : ‘ I feel I let the team down in that match two years ago . |
| 9 | So , she could send , you can send stuff down in that can you ? |
| 10 | They came straight back down in 1969 , and on a record 14 occasions have owed continued League status to the old block vote system of re-election . |
| 11 | But although she slammed the phone down in fine style , she was shaken horribly . |
| 12 | They flicked ash from their cigarettes into the empty wine-glasses and shouted each other down in vain attempts to be witty . |
| 13 | But it has kept its head down in recent years because of a huge $4 billion corporate debt and a slide in sales . |
| 14 | Shares hit : Wall Street 's 21-point fall sent the FTSE down in early trading . |
| 15 | They got Midnight down in half an hour , after Jess had fetched water for him to drink , and then had cleaned him as best she could . |
| 16 | get all mah Hot Passion down in Cold |
| 17 | put the music down in some physical form , like a musical score or as a demo tape . |
| 18 | In the winter , snow or , more usually , hail can fall on the tops of the highest mountains and yet one hour 's drive down in Funchal people are swimming and sunbathing . |
| 19 | Gnarled teeth of decaying iron lurking beneath the surface waiting like in all good nautical nightmares , to take your craft down in one final vengeful snap . |
| 20 | The redhead brought out some glasses and he drank the liquid down in one go . |
| 21 | ‘ He 'll kick that door down in ten minutes . ’ |
| 22 | Macari threw the corroding garment down in full view of the club 's directors he told them it reflected the state of their club . |
| 23 | He is one of the world 's stirrers and shakers , and even more than Bella he seems to wolf life down in big mouthfuls . |
| 24 | With frightening tractability , he drank the cup down in three swallows and handed it back to her empty . |
| 25 | Over backing tracks that sound like Nirvana with a brass section produced by the Bomb Squad , rappers Mercury and Alkaline throw down in distinctive London fashion , incorporating ragga chat into the quickfire rhyme brew . |
| 26 | We 'll cosy down in joyful anticipation . |
| 27 | I borrowed a ballpoint from the uniform at the front desk and did the honest thing with my address , consigning myself to the bowels of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 's billion-shilling brain down in Wild West Wales . |
| 28 | Having carpet down in one corridor ! |