Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More designers are going down the locking tuner route and it 's something which I personally welcome ; it does away with that lumpiness at the nut end of the fingerboard and offers up a more traditional look into the bargain . |
| 2 | All eyes were directed down the garden towards the pool . |
| 3 | With little more than a few snorts and grunts , the lumbering animals were coaxed down the ramp . |
| 4 | Lever is playing down the move . |
| 5 | Silverpoint can be resharpened on a metal file so that as the silver is worn down the point can be redefined easily . |
| 6 | Fairfax is driving down the same track in the opposite direction . |
| 7 | They had granted her permission to move tents once she 'd heard that an unconscious soldier named Trumper was lying down the line . |
| 8 | Images , feelings and emotions are drained down the cords and into the hands of the Great Enchanter , who crushes them into a frail stream of dust , all that remains of the soul . |
| 9 | The holes for the cold feeds must be at least 30mm above the base of the cistern to prevent any dirt or debris in the bottom of the cistern being taken down the pipes . |
| 10 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 11 | The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze . |
| 12 | Many people have employed a variety of mouse and rat poisons without stopping to think that the initial effect of such toxins is to slow down the victim which then becomes an easy target for a hunting cat . |
| 13 | And tobacco ash was spilt down the front of his evening shirt . |
| 14 | At least not when his creations are going down the Colonel 's own digestive tract . ’ |
| 15 | As messages are passed down the autonomic nervous system , the blood vessels in erectile tissue everywhere — penis , walls of the vagina , ear lobes , nose ( notice the stuffiness ? ) — are engorging . |
| 16 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 17 | Grip the club so that your thumbs are extended down the shaft and your palms are facing towards your body . |
| 18 | Those gunners who had no riding place on the guns or limbers were running down the verges in an undisciplined retreat . |
| 19 | Small stones , sticking to the rim , became dislodged and at one point were tumbling down the curve as quickly as the wheel was rising , giving the appearance of effervescence . |
| 20 | Two dogs were sent down the holes after the protected animals . |
| 21 | The Dr'gasians were damping down the fire amid clouds of smoke and steam . |
| 22 | Luton Town is slipping down the table however ; they lost at Coventry in mid-week and went down one nil at home to Norwich this afternoon , Sherwood on target for the Canaries . |
| 23 | Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree . |
| 24 | In serious cases the aim is to shut down the system safely . |
| 25 | Their aim is to keep down the price of meal ! ’ |
| 26 | Counsel 's aim is to break down the alibi by asking unexpected questions and so getting contradictory answers from the two defendants . |
| 27 | The process is repeated down the entire column of figures . |
| 28 | Celia 's immediate reaction was to turn down the offer . |
| 29 | Condensation was streaming down the windowpanes , so he wiped one dry with his shirt-cuff to gain a sight of the day . |
| 30 | This type of shift was slit down the back for ease of application and secured with back-tie draw-strings at the neck and waist ; such items were , it is assumed , readily available from the undertaker . |