Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , in the test runs described in the next chapter we cut down the utterance length to no more than 10 words . |
| 2 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 3 | To the south you look down the steeply falling park to where the river slowly bends around Dittisham on the western bank , and to the west a view cut through the trees shows the river almost encircling the Sandridge promontory , its last wide stretch before it narrows upstream to Totnes . |
| 4 | I said I told you if you want chips you go down the chip shop . |
| 5 | So extracting his fireman they went down the yard and got onto 4913 . |
| 6 | From the top of the kitchen-dresser he took down a jar . |
| 7 | ‘ In your lunch hour you head down the King 's Road from Sloane Square . |
| 8 | That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement , pleading a headache . |
| 9 | As Polly took his place he started down the companionway . |
| 10 | The pivot row is determined by the PRS rule and it may be an explicit row , in which case we pivot as usual , or an implicit row , in which case we write down the complete row using ( 7.2 ) or ( 7.3 ) and pivot using this row . |
| 11 | as in this case we go down the three column , the three is a in the numerator N one , right , till we reach seventeen , right , and now test to see if it 's three point two right , so if we |
| 12 | For the second time that day I scrambled down the slope of the hill towards the sad little car . |
| 13 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 14 | Well , then how do you explain the night I put down a copy of Viz , turned on the telly , and settled in for what I thought would be a programme of smart , irreverent comedy ? |
| 15 | And part of it is discipline — you know , making your room up and one day you clean the porch , one day you sweep down the kitchen … you have different duties every day . |
| 16 | Lesley had begun to gather up the remaining cups , but at the mention of Charlotte 's name she put down the tray abruptly , and turned with a startled smile . |
| 17 | After her ordeal on Sunday she flagged down a couple , who drove her to police . |
| 18 | In a March speech at the Hotel Cecil he laid down a plan of submitting food taxes — the most controversial item — to a referendum . |
| 19 | It wo n't obstruct no light though because I told you the sun is more er , without the back it joins down the car |
| 20 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 21 | On his way drunkenly from the pub to the wood one night he fell down a railway embankment on to the line . |
| 22 | Every job that I give Kevin I write down a , a brief summary of what that task was , and I leave a gap of three lines . |
| 23 | Whichever age you encounter down the Everton trail , you come up with marvellous contributors to the club 's roll of honour . |
| 24 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
| 25 | Early in his career he turned down the title role in David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia ( eventually played by Peter O'Toole ) after producer Sam Speigel insisted he sign a long-term picture deal . |
| 26 | Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests . |
| 27 | The tomatoes you bought down the market |
| 28 | Over the past decade a sudden surge of research reports managed to answer the question of when people achieve a basic grasp of psychology : sometime in the fifth year of life we lay down the framework for generalisable inferences about the intentions of others . |
| 29 | On hearing my voice he put down the phone . |
| 30 | At each stop he noted down the shapes and stitch work of other traditional working men 's jumpers . |