Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supplies of sea trout , known as sewin in Wales , are increasing and bringing down prices to around £5 lb . |
| 2 | Anderson was booked in the first half for bringing down Marin on a night when the Germans again showed their propensity for going down theatrically under straightforward challenges . |
| 3 | Mark McNally followed for bringing down Kiwomya in full flight and then Slater left referee Morrison no option after tripping Wieghorst , having been previously warned for a similar offence . |
| 4 | Mark McNally followed for bringing down Kiwomya in full flight and then Slater left referee Morrison no option after tripping Wieghorst , having been previously warned for a similar offence . |
| 5 | But their aim was as errant as his own , and the hail of bullets ricocheted off the top half of the door to whine viciously into the ceiling of the room , bringing down chunks of plaster in a choking dust cloud . |
| 6 | Or tearing down part of the prison ? |
| 7 | The castle 's stunted squad of masons and builders were still working to repair the damage the old man had done by tearing down walls in his attempt to prove these hidden glyphs were isolated aberrations , not — as they indeed were — ubiquitous . |
| 8 | They blame the imports for driving down prices on their own catches . |
| 9 | A SAFETY training campaign has been very successful in driving down accidents at Taubmans ' coatings plants in Australia and New Zealand . |
| 10 | Ugly and irregular in their bodies as in their features , delineated in harsh thick outlines , these creatures are either static , frozenly waiting — as if for blows — or blackly and stiffly at work , or walking down roads with the clumsy , painful gait of arthritis sufferers . |
| 11 | You know , I told you that day Ju I saw Julie walking down top of Broadway ? |
| 12 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not scared of walking down Bondgate with my checked trousers and apron on , ’ says the owner of the Smythe confectionery chain , now part-way through a two-year stint as chairman of the British Confectioners ' Association . |
| 14 | However , it is in keeping down imports of oil that major problems for the National Energy Program ( NEP ) exist . |
| 15 | Nigel Lawson , it seemed , was neither holding the pound steady abroad nor keeping down prices at home . |
| 16 | Last night , as amazed East Berliners looked on , East German soldiers and building workers began knocking down sections of the Wall . |
| 17 | He would not listen to her instructions and caused a lot of damage by climbing on furniture and shelves , banging things with his toys , knocking down displays in shops , and so on . |
| 18 | The children do not make a direct transition from structured signs into English written grammar ; in fact , they rely on structures in ASL they already know , and this forms the basis of their task solution of writing down English from sign users . |
| 19 | Newco can claim writing down allowances for plant and machinery of 25% on a reducing balance basis over whatever number of years reduces the expenditure to a negligible amount . |
| 20 | Note that where assets are acquired not as part of a TOGC and VAT is payable , the VAT liability may be treated as capital expenditure for the purpose of writing down allowances for plant and machinery . |
| 21 | With such an election , Newco 's expenditure on know-how should be eligible for 25% writing down allowances under s530 , and the proceeds of sale will usually be chargeable to tax in the hands of the vendor under Schedule D Case VI , though with a deduction under s31(5) for expenditure incurred in the acquisition or disposal of the know-how . |
| 22 | Expenditure incurred by Newco on " patent rights " is eligible for 25% writing down allowances under s520 TA 1988 . |
| 23 | What I want you to do between now and the end of the lesson , ah , wait for it , in your rough books , ah I want you to start writing down ideas of the things that are important to you , but before we do that , let's just have a few starters on the board , let's have some hands up . |
| 24 | The government says local authorities can narrow the care gap by pushing down prices in the independent sector . |
| 25 | When not leading the armies to war he dwells at the court of the Everqueen and keeps the peace in Avelorn , slaying marauding monsters and hunting down bands of Beastmen and Goblins . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've had enough of hunting down Humans for them to play their grisly games with ! |
| 27 | Beyond summit , bear down slope to left to reach well-defined path below , leading down end of hill to join minor road just right of house . |
| 28 | When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it . |
| 29 | But the police lost out at Newforge Lane on Tuesday evening , going down 1– to Queen 's . |
| 30 | Cos that 's , we go to Newark then Grantham going down south to me mum 's we go all that way . |