Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With singer Bradley acting out his Mozzer fantasies by lurching around on top of the monitors — only lacking a bunch of daffs stuffed down the back of his pants — their arrogance level has been hoisted a welcome couple of notches . |
| 2 | of cocks sucked down the deep end 's outlet hole , |
| 3 | His eyes moved down the body , knowing that others had looked before him . |
| 4 | Recognizing the complexities and psychological dangers of this awesome doctrine , most non-Puritan clergy played down the Calvinist theory of salvation to such an extent that many of their parishioners were able to continue to believe that their conduct could influence their destination after death . |
| 5 | And he revealed that only a few weeks ago Magherafelt traders turned down the option of having security gates erected in the town during a meeting with police . |
| 6 | Maxham 's pale-blue eyes glanced down the hall to the kitchen . |
| 7 | But I was a little person in er a commu community of little person and er my brothers worked down the pit and I believe it was an advantage not to be much greater than five foot in height down the pits . |
| 8 | An application of brakes slowed down the clickety-click of the rail joints . |
| 9 | Less than a minute later noise erupted from the drawing room and excited voices drifted down the hall . |
| 10 | Trading vessels went down the canal every week to Grimsby and Hull and every month to London . |
| 11 | While watching the slides subjects wrote down the most distinctive feature of each slide . |
| 12 | Madeleine started adding up again , nodding her head as her eyes strayed down the page , moving her lips . |
| 13 | Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff . |
| 14 | His eyes ran down the list , looking for a suitable saint 's name . |
| 15 | If the drains get blocked , this cover can be removed and drain rods pushed down the rodding point to clear them . |
| 16 | As his footsteps receded down the passage , Polly 's hand rose slowly to her mouth . |
| 17 | This all reached a peak in 1988 when piss-filled cider bottles rained down the hapless likes of Meatloaf ( who ran away ) and Bonnie Tyler ( who did n't ! ) . |
| 18 | Of course they could n't all be allowed to hide behind the columns of the nave or squat upon the font , and so the stewards took down the barriers and let them flood into my side . |
| 19 | Shivers tingled down the length of her spine , and she could feel herself trembling as her senses reeled beneath the assault of his forceful , raw masculinity . |
| 20 | The slide-rules had been passed on to a Swedish group known as Bread and Fish , which was packing them together with clothes and medicines for southern Africa , when arsonists burned down the warehouse . |
| 21 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |
| 22 | The wine racks had been systematically emptied , the contents poured down the sink and the bottles thrown into dustbins by the front door . |
| 23 | After determined application of the economic weapon by the Eisenhower Administration had forced a cease-fire as British troops advanced down the Suez Canal on 6 November 1956 , an exhausted Eden flew to Jamaica to recuperate on 21 November . |
| 24 | A large proportion of balls went down the leg side , which was not the ideal means of curtailing the driving of Boon , Briers and Whitaker . |
| 25 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 26 | The statutes laid down the maximum size of peasant land allotments . |
| 27 | AVALANCHES roared down the mountains of northern Afghanistan , burying hundreds of people in buses and cars and killing at least 40 , officials said yesterday . |
| 28 | His braces hung down the outside of either leg . |
| 29 | In addition some criticism has been made of the new hang as focal paintings viewed down the gallery vistas — for example Raphael 's ‘ Sistine Madonna ’ — are no longer seen in isolation , but comments in the German press and from museum curators have on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic . |
| 30 | Yeah , and one got stuck in the , there was an entry between my father-in-law 's shop and the next one and one of these cattle ran down the entry and got stuck in the entry , you know it was only narrow and the they had to shoot it , but er oh yes it was a , that was a thing you never hear of today and you never hear of people putting tannin down when people are ill do you ? |