Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities sought to break down the mystique surrounding him , and to present him as a common criminal , parading him before 300 journalists on Sept. 24 in an iron cage erected on the patio of the Lima police headquarters . |
| 2 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 3 | Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left ’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky ’ and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place . |
| 4 | South Africa was marred by the fatal accident to Tom Pryce when a marshal ran across the track : a memorable moment when a dead man 's car kept running down the straight . |
| 5 | The local skateboard club voted to take down the three foot of vert and use the vert sections to make up a flat bottom . |
| 6 | Lawrence thought his side had let down the fans . |
| 7 | Lawrence thought his side had let down the fans . |
| 8 | The evidence for the continuance of the policy into the fifth century comes from Thessaly , where Leotychidas had put down the tagos in the 470s ( p. 81 ) . |
| 9 | Imagine , then , that Mandela had written down the story of his life , and that the manuscript was for sale . |
| 10 | ‘ He thought the only explanation was that staff at the club had watered down the drinks . |
| 11 | His spectacles had shaken down the arch of his nose . |
| 12 | She clung to the belief that Friend had sneaked down the wires through Karel 's network and one day he would come to rescue her … . |
| 13 | The winter rain and snow had beaten down the weeds to a mulch of sodden brown stems , through which the bricks and rubbish on the ground protruded . |
| 14 | He and Mrs Taylor came tearing down the yard to see what was up . |
| 15 | A couple more members of the gang came scrambling down the companionway ladder . |
| 16 | I made 400 before great arcing beams of light snaked out above the eastern-bounding ridges of the valley and I had to stop as blocks and slates came hurtling down the softening snow . |
| 17 | Very soon dirty plates began to cascade down the chute and my job was to knock the food remains off them and transfer them to a mechanical washer . |
| 18 | ACT decided to go down the object-oriented route for several reasons . |
| 19 | And if the faculty chose to go down the specialist qualification route , he added , it would go some way towards restoring credibility in the auditing profession by ensuring that standards are raised . |
| 20 | As Benny had walked down the town , Mr Kennedy called her into the chemist . |
| 21 | And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo . |
| 22 | Liz 's gurgle of laughter had floated down the wires . |
| 23 | Here when the sin in the darkness had been brought to the light its power was broken and in this case confession had battered down the barrier . |
| 24 | The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move . |
| 25 | Acquiring the products to be exported from India was not so simple ; the Company directors had to put down the ‘ investment ’ , mostly in silver bullion though public pressure made them include some English products as well , and had to finance a good deal of the running costs of the textile production that they were encouraging . |
| 26 | Methodism had broken down the old geographical barriers so that now nearly all areas had their Nonconformists . |
| 27 | Perhaps Wordsworth intended to break down the cultivated reader 's protective distinction between literature and life : he certainly succeeded in confusing people , in 1798 and ever since . |
| 28 | Stoddart quotes a great number of opinions on this subject : it seems that some authorities think that they may have been caused by a fall in sea level which meant that the reef flat became a barrier to water movement , so that surf became channelled down the outer edge of the algal ridge as it returned to the sea ; alternatively the spur and groove system may be the most effective form of baffle for dissipating wave energy and is caused by reef-building corals forming the spurs — the grooves , once formed , may of course be accentuated by scouring . |
| 29 | British officials sought to play down the significance of yesterday 's move . |
| 30 | State Department officials sought to play down the significance of the visit and insisted that the USA recognized only one state in Cyprus . |