Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proved so effective that Wedgwood 's QC suddenly threw down the gauntlet to those he had continually derided as the ‘ united aesthetes ’ saying , ‘ If you are so sure you can save this building , buy it yourselves for £1 . ’ |
| 2 | I pulled off my boots , put the stick between my teeth and gently went down the rope into the water . |
| 3 | To her intense dismay and astonishment , he suddenly hurled down the room in a series of cartwheels ; he made a whizzing plaything of his devilish masked self , a fizzing Catherine wheel , flashing arms and legs , landing on his hands before her , his upside-down false face obscured by hair both false and real , tumbling over his papier-mâché cheeks . |
| 4 | Where your mum lived he just lived down the corner . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's some high school kid called Henry Stych , ’ he finally wheezed down the telephone . |
| 6 | Bet you fucking lay down the law alright . |
| 7 | The empowering provisions in the founding treaties generally lay down the method of adoption of the measures which they authorize , specifying in particular the institution which may propose the measure , the institution which may adopt it , the institutions which must be consulted and whether the voting shall be unanimous or by majority . |
| 8 | I admired Venables , his flamboyant style and attitude , but I could see the dangers in the temptations of life in London and I regretfully turned down the move . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Bobby Ferguson yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Sunderland 's Welsh international , Colin Pascoe . |
| 10 | KEVIN Keegan yesterday threw down the gauntlet to refreshed Newcastle winger Franz Carr . |
| 11 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 12 | We shall go on expanding higher and further education to ensure more of our young people go on to college as naturally as they once went down the pit or onto the shop floor . |
| 13 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 14 | Jack was standing beside her at the time filling in notes , and she quickly jotted down the address and the scant details they were offered , and turned to him . |
| 15 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 16 | Fears in the financial markets that government policy towards the pound was in disarray also drove down the currency 3.05 cents against the dollar to $1.5775 . |
| 17 | They also played down the role of Sir Alan Walters , the Prime Minister 's personal economic adviser , in the critical decisions to intervene heavily in the past two weeks and raise interest rates to protect the pound last Thursday . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose you also turned down the chance to be his girlfriend ? ’ |
| 19 | Yeo also turned down the Health committee 's call for a DoH contingency fund , which would underwrite SSDs faced with unexpected demand . |
| 20 | He carefully pulled down the bottom of her tracksuit and cut off her panties . |
| 21 | He positively bowled down the pavement , puffing furiously on his stogie , for all the world like some bipedal locomotive . |
| 22 | The crash also pushed down the output-capital ratio , by an average of one tenth , as excess capacity mounted . |
| 23 | When she eventually tracked down the location , Miranda was speeding on a mix of excitement and anxiety . |
| 24 | I eventually tracked down the ward sister , who was wrestling with an intravenous drip that had collapsed . |
| 25 | With what I swear was a scathing look that said something like " Wally " , he launched himself gracefully on to the air and noiselessly flew down the gill out of sight . |
| 26 | They tackled like demons and when they were able to run the ball back at the Londoners their refusal to capitulate eventually wore down the opposition . |
| 27 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254 billion spending target to be cut . |
| 28 | Mr Clarke effectively slapped down the Cabinet dissenters — John Redwood , Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo — who have been calling for the already-tight £254bn spending target to be cut . |
| 29 | In Edinburgh , on 3 December 1557 , the earls of Argyll , Glencairn and Morton , Argyll 's son lord Lorne and John Erskine of Dun made a bond whose text dramatically threw down the gauntlet . |
| 30 | Some briefings even lay down the report structure and main topics to be covered . |