Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] down [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ON THE BAWL : David Kelly shouts down Steve Walsh |
| 2 | Killer bug shuts down baby ward |
| 3 | Nigel Tinkler sends down Bank View to carry top weight and this Yorkshire trainer has a good record with his southern . |
| 4 | A British gunner shoots down enemy aircraft attacking his post … |
| 5 | Patten turns down Foxley Wood plan for ‘ instant town ’ : The decision to halt a scheme for 4,800 houses signals a shift in government policy , Richard North reports |
| 6 | The taxi goes down Paseo Escalon . |
| 7 | A filing mechanism cuts down debtor misbehaviour because the availability of reliable information about the debtor 's property reduces the debtor 's incentive to misbehave by removing the opportunity to do so . |
| 8 | with the 2,400hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800 two-row radial engine , oozing power , the Corsair runs down North Weald 's runway during Fighter Meet . |
| 9 | Training breaks down muscle tissue and during rest periods the tissue is repaired and growth takes place if sufficient protein is available . |
| 10 | We 're on Sixth Avenue , puffing on a prosaic perfecto and minding our own business — when John turns down Twenty-Second Street , breaks into a run , and starts loosening his pants … |
| 11 | ( b ) ( 19–43 ) This part of the table breaks down word classes into subclasses such as " human nouns " . |