Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] down [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It helped to break down isolation ( a particular problem in school meals where there are many small workplaces ) and to create feelings of solidarity and shared class interest . |
| 2 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 3 | In the first month of the new junta , 131 workers were reported killed as the military hardliners in government sought to clamp down op the unions . |
| 4 | Isabel Lavender began to smooth down finger after finger of her gardening gloves , intent upon maintaining appearances , even through domestic tasks . |
| 5 | This gave the ‘ Maranyl ’ business the tool it needed to drive down batch/run size . |
| 6 | Operators decided to clean down equipment regularly , not just superficially , but by taking it to pieces . |
| 7 | Accused of a conflict of interest between its headhunting business and other functions , Peat 's were subjected to investigation by the American governing body for accountants , with the result that they decided to turn down headhunting work for their existing accounting clients . |
| 8 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 9 | just got to close down armageddon , come armageddon , come armageddon come |
| 10 | Waqar at the other end continued to fling down roundarm yorkers , until tea , when both sides drew breath . |
| 11 | As the heavens continued to pour down water , Hermon and Martin Bond , owners of the championship St Mellion course near Saltash , Cornwall , were fined £150 each for taking water without a licence . |
| 12 | The General Strike , it 's a strange memory because I had to walk down Pad er now , erm I forget what the proper word is now , er it 's called Walk , now . |
| 13 | Even so , Parliament had to vote down dissent from those who disliked the Gregorian calendar 's ‘ Papist ’ origin , or anything ‘ new-fangled ’ . |
| 14 | However at 2100 air attacks on the departing Fleet and convoy began and lasted for the next one and a half hours — torpedo-bombers attempted to attack down moon but were greeted by intense A.A. fire and were forced to turn away . |