Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | get off the wave either by sailing down ahead of it or by slowing down and letting it pass under you . |
| 2 | The four RJ-45 connections can be configured so that the unused wires carry an additional four 10BaseT connections by using the MiLAN MIL 4084 Expansion Module or by punching down the extra lines . |
| 3 | Television offered either live coverage or by editing down the best moments presented a particularly dramatic version of events . |
| 4 | The system is very smooth , with actions selected either by moving the cursor to the top of the screen , or by clicking down the other mouse button which scrolls through the actions . |
| 5 | The only people who had trouble in adjusting to work were those who for some reason deviated from this model — either by going up the social scale or by going down it ( social mobility is more fully discussed by Geoff Payne in this volume ) . |
| 6 | Many of the great killers were mastered , either by reducing their prevalence or by cutting down their case-fatality rates . |
| 7 | For stirring the topsoil without inverting it , and for breaking down half-rotted turf and clods , a wide range of cultivators is available . |
| 8 | Of most interest to us , however , are those initiatives particularly concerned with defining and refining educational objectives and with laying down guidelines for curricular policy . |
| 9 | Then I 'd just go round and round looking down on things — you know , like from a plane . |
| 10 | Worrying about people 's comments instead of keeping calm and concentrating on the flying and on getting down safely is often the root cause of a bad landing . |
| 11 | This was borne out on the Wednesday when insurgent soldiers pressed the Soviet to issue an order — Order No. 1 — which severely circumscribed the authority of officers both by sanctioning the election of soldiers ' committees with control over weapons and by laying down that officers ' orders were to be subject to the Soviet 's approval . |
| 12 | And by sitting down and having a technical and commercial conversation together |
| 13 | But after flagging down passing motorists , Mrs Fenton drove off in a friend 's car . |
| 14 | Until now its speed had been so great that it had grown into a ravening monster , capable not only of swallowing the Residency , but of gulping down the banqueting hall as well . |
| 15 | She nearly lost her balance as she brought her left foot alongside her right , but by bending down and clutching the stone she was able to stay on it . |