Example sentences of "[vb base] down the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not , of course , track down the vagrants who stayed at the union that night . ’ |
| 2 | track down the histories and fate of the 903 Norseman aircraft built , in order to compile a complete history of the type and its service . |
| 3 | But for the interested amateur the travel companies offer trips which include opportunities to follow the grey whales of the San Ignacio Lagoon , view tigers in India , search for orchids and birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea , or track down the gorillas in the Mountains of the Moon . |
| 4 | Apply cuticle remover all round the nail and gently push down the cuticles with a rubber-tipped hoof stick , a cotton bud , or cotton wool wrapped round an orange stick . |
| 5 | Once spinning , they are difficult to stop , and they flash down the slopes in a series of great leaps and bounds , making a loud whirring noise , and travel sometimes for hundreds of metres . |
| 6 | We can turn our backs on the divisions of the past , and tear down the barriers that divide us . |
| 7 | Cumberland now sent orders to the Lords Lieutenant of Lancashire , Westmorland and Cumberland to break up the roads , tear down the bridges and block possible escape routes by felling trees but by the time he reached Preston , on 13 December 1745 , when he was joined by the cavalry sent by General Wade from Newcastle , Prince Charles 's troops had reached Lancaster , 20 miles [ 32 km ] further north , though General Oglethorpe 's detachment was a mere three miles [ 5 km ] behind and almost in contact with the enemy rearguard . |
| 8 | An arc of movement and bring down the feet |
| 9 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 10 | Press down the edges to seal and trim off the excess pastry . |
| 11 | 'Not down the streets mother , ’ replied her knowing daughter . |
| 12 | Stones and earth ( weathered rocks ) slowly slip down the slopes , by soil creep , into the channels . |
| 13 | Vultures fly down the ceilings into the depths of the tombs . |
| 14 | As Reid and I put down the cases we were carrying , Reid uncorked the bottle and offered me a shot of whisky . |
| 15 | He then put down the instruments and held up powerful hands . |
| 16 | They 've come and put down the fairways and greens without regard for existing rights of way . |
| 17 | I put down the shafts and waved with my straw hat . |
| 18 | Put down the secateurs , and use long-handled pruning loppers — the type made by Wilkinson Sword are as essential to rose-growers as secateurs . |
| 19 | ‘ Put down the candles , Mary , ’ he sighed . |
| 20 | Drops of water trickle down the panes of glass . |
| 21 | They have little experience of the style of presentation in higher courts ‘ and it matters ’ and whilst a number of solicitors are extremely good others ‘ let themselves down in court ’ and in doing so let down the solicitors ' branch of the profession as a whole . |
| 22 | And you have to pay the little boys to guard your bikes otherwise they let down the tyres . |
| 23 | Settlement on time , with the right monies , is another area in which licensed dealers let down the clients , but retain the advantage of having the use of the clients ' money . |
| 24 | Barber 's choral music is represented by A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map ( text by Spender ) and Let Down the Bars O Death ! |
| 25 | They never have many visitors , even in the summer , because it 's a three-mile walk to the sea , unless you climb down the cliffs , and — from the trippers ’ point of view — there 's absolutely nothing to do . |
| 26 | As the Turks cut down the oak-trees to fuel the trains , so Lawrence blew up the track . |
| 27 | It said 60 anti-guerrilla units cut down the plants in the indigenous area of Aponte in El Tablon , more than 460km ( 312 miles ) southwest of Bogota , at the weekend . |
| 28 | British Rail 's answer to leaves on the line : cut down the trees |
| 29 | I walk down the streets of New York , the Village , and they stop and they talk , they want autographs . |
| 30 | You walk down the halls and see posters : |