Example sentences of "[to-vb] down the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rapidly accumulated round the fissure , building up into a conical heap , and then , as more and more new material emerged from the fissures , lava flows were erupted and began to stream down the ski-slopes . |
| 2 | For a wood glue-to be effective it has to penetrate down the tubes for some distance so as to get hold of the undamaged wood . |
| 3 | A person who is allowed to enter one part of a building only , will become a trespasser if he enters another part " When you invite a person into your house to use the stairs you do not invite him to slide down the bannisters " ( The Calgarth [ 1927 ] P 93 per Scrutton LJ ) . |
| 4 | Your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper , she has to slide down the banisters . |
| 5 | On one fake astrolabe examined recently the faker had clearly got bored and resorted to an angle grinder to wear down the edges , leaving very characteristic scratches ; unfortunately most fakers are much more painstaking ! |
| 6 | I used to go down the villages . |
| 7 | He had to go down the mines and he stuck it out . |
| 8 | No longer did they have to go down the backstairs during the night , and into the yard and across it to where the three outdoor lavatories stood . |
| 9 | He says for safety reasons visitors wo n't be able to go down the tunnels . |
| 10 | I do n't want to go down the village , I want to go down the shops . |
| 11 | No , oh I know what I never got that ai n't finished I 'll have to go down the shops , I might go down |
| 12 | In an assessment of the United States ' principle of ‘ forward basing ’ Slobodenko observed that since the late 1960s the American leadership began to scale down the numbers of their troops abroad . |
| 13 | Prices and incomes policies have been justified historically on the grounds that , if successful , they serve directly to scale down the rates of increase of money wages and absolute prices while minimizing the rise in unemployment which a policy of demand restriction would entail . |
| 14 | According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo-Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on-field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . |
| 15 | Women are now eligible to work down the pits under previous legislation , but there is protection for kids , for the 16-year-olds who come into the industry . |
| 16 | Do , shall I get one of these for David just to jot down the hours ? |
| 17 | The group consisted of pensions administrator , ( previously featured in LINK for her photographic wizardry ) , four brave young ladies from the Key Street and Lower Brook Street offices and an editor in tow — to jot down the details . |
| 18 | He was always getting up to wander down the aisles , interfering with the card school or listening in to people 's personal stereos . |
| 19 | Get another Brownie to write down the dots and dashes you signal to see if you have done it right . |
| 20 | and I 'm going to write down the answers they give me and get them to sign them because I have I have really been beaten about the head by this ! |
| 21 | As we shall see , in practice it is not necessary to write down the matrices unc merely perform simple operations with the rows of A and I in ( 1 ) , which is all the matrices unc do . |
| 22 | It may help you to write down the reasons why you want the test . |
| 23 | He gives up a day job to write down the stories — of the Secret Mountain , the Sound that could be Seen , the Slow Children and the Magic Duvet — that he once told for free to a rabble of offspring and other kin and friends . |
| 24 | Many people wish to write down the opportunities which exist , but under the present Government there is a future for many of the defence-related industries in my area . |
| 25 | When the recipient is not expected to write down the details , it is often the case that the speaker repeats them sometimes several times over . |
| 26 | For example , you are often asked to write down the numbers of the questions answered in the order in which they are attempted . |
| 27 | It aimed to pull down the houses and buildings on the site , except for the Board of Control , and to ‘ build a wall in a line with the terrace of the Houses of Parliament , reclaiming about two acres from the River , and on this valuable site to erect Buildings , Streets and Terraces of the first class … |
| 28 | The rioters killed many deer , and threatened to pull down the palings of the park , so that the Earl of Holland , as Chief Justice of the Forest , obtained authority for the sheriff of Berkshire to raise the power of the county to apprehend the rioters . |
| 29 | Warner v. Browne the lessor engaged not to turn out the tenant so long as he observed the conditions , and in this case [ the company 's agent ] engages that the tenant shall hold until the company require to pull down the buildings . |
| 30 | An understanding of this can do much to damp down the fires of impatience , and kindle those of tolerance in younger people , for ‘ Granny 's old stories ’ . |