Example sentences of "[vb base] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | come and sit down the front here to . |
| 2 | An affair with this lovely woman who was so rich and inviting , and Viktor 's brief to him , track down the cross . |
| 3 | 2 Push down the clutch plate ( a ) and draw back the piston rod ( b ) |
| 4 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 5 | It is when these fail that sex , drugs or alcohol are invoked to more effectively push down the pain . |
| 6 | He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve . |
| 7 | When planning how to use the motif on your garment , you centralise the repeat down the centre-line of each garment piece , either with the row of diamonds or , as in the T-shirt version , down the centre of the large tile . |
| 8 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 9 | Lay down the kite blank and , using strong parcel tape or similar , stick the spine over the diagonal , and the whole to the work surface . |
| 10 | We lay down the ground rules for creating a successful patio to suit all your needs |
| 11 | And then if if you lay down the joker cards you have to kiss everybody . |
| 12 | It was something of a shock to see one Polynesian , his face a wide grin , trot down the gangplank carrying a sack of flour on his head and one of my suitcases in his right hand . |
| 13 | The rest are hauling at the crowbars that wind down the press , hobnails gritting on the frosty concrete . |
| 14 | In spite of the temptation to get the car warmed up , I switch off the engine and wind down the window . |
| 15 | ‘ Wind down the window ’ , I hear you say . |
| 16 | For a natural worn look , lightly rub down the varnish when hard with fine steel wool . |
| 17 | If the risk-free hedge is seen to produce a greater return than the risk-free rate then arbitrage will take place as investors offer to write more calls and so bring down the price of the option . |
| 18 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 19 | There is therefore some hope that imprisoning executives might , through incapacitation and deterrence , bring down the incidence of corporate crime . |
| 20 | These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national-bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force . |
| 21 | WALES skipper Gareth Llewellyn hopes his side can reach their target of six wins out of six when they bring down the curtain on their African tour against the South African Barbarians in Windhoek today . |
| 22 | Using a small hammer and 10-mm ( ⅜-in ) nails , press down the hardboard at one end of the backing sheet and hammer a nail into the frame , then do the same at the other end of the sheet , to balance the pressure on the back . |
| 23 | People did though did n't they , anything you want down the shop ? |
| 24 | Then heavy Clouds send down the feather 'd Snow ; |
| 25 | The following graph gives a general idea of how quickly the real value of those customers ' accounts erode if they are not collected and slip down the scale to customer 5 . |
| 26 | it 'll only be shorter , it wo n't keep you warm down the bottom , yeah and here on the neck it 's , alright you can tell me the colour of , but it , it is quite |
| 27 | On reaching the bothy , turn south and head down the valley . |
| 28 | As you clamber down the mountainside over the strata , the fossils suddenly disappear . |
| 29 | You knock down the system , retorted the grand Beatle , and we will build around it . |
| 30 | At a push , you could use a disk editor , such as the one included with Norton Utilities , to recover files — just hunt down the file you want and copy it to a new file . |