Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [v-ing] down [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Knocker suddenly stopped mopping down the bar and looked at Yanto . |
2 | Players do not like setting down an instrument that has just become nicely warmed up , and taking up a cold one , unless there is a very good reason for it . |
3 | I mean , well if you have n't got gauze in your first aid box , but you could have something like a Mediwipe or you might be able to use , open up your bandage and you can use , you know , several pieces of this , just keep going down the bandage and then you know clean it and get rid of that bit , okay , another clean bit okay , so you can adapt with whatever you 've got in your first aid box , yes , and you wo n't necessarily have scissors to hand so you 'll have to do whatever you 've got and the little Mediwipes are very useful for that , but do n't use one Mediwipe for seventy five grazes , okay , one Mediwipe for one wipe and then discard , okay ? |
4 | At first I had the strings about an inch off the fingerboard , but I slowly started filing down the nut until I ended up with a lower action . |
5 | I would n't fancy going down no bloody motorway , hundred eight in one of them ! |
6 | But Charlton said : ‘ I ca n't consider watering down the team for Lithuania in anticipation of Spain . |
7 | When you can manage this too , then begin cutting down the rest intervals to one minute . |
8 | I vaguely recall writing down the codes months ago and losing whatever it was I wrote them on . |
9 | Although the output reductions are a worry in themselves , they do at least suggest that the industry is not about to start laying down a large supply of surplus whisky that could upset prices in the future . |