Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] down [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A turbulent day in the City has seen the hundred shares index closing down fifty-four point six at twenty-three eleven point one . |
| 2 | she makes me laugh , she stands there talking and she 's saying , one minute she 's saying oh Steven really loves school , he really enjoys it , he 's really calmed down since he 's gone to school Steven stop running down that corridor . |
| 3 | What Catriona had to hide was that she hated turning down any gift from Patrice , who was the best waitress in the place , as well as the nicest . |
| 4 | TML objected to Morton 's " abrasive " personal management style , and refused in mid-February to sign a document which would have allowed Eurotunnel to start drawing down some £400 million of additional funding for the project . |
| 5 | The effect of this can be quite shocking , because the body 's reaction is to start breaking down fat stores and tissue in order to produce energy . |
| 6 | Try writing down those things which you feel you absolutely need to know more about before being given responsibility . |
| 7 | Look for fish rising , try trotting down different lines ( but keep loose feeding your same one ) , do n't make any drastic changes until you 've made a few bites . |
| 8 | Take cash and valuables with you at all times ; never leave your motorhome unlocked ; stick to main roads , and do n't be tempted to go exploring down minor ones . |
| 9 | If the ‘ green ’ biomass approach is taken there 's the problem of finding enough ground to grow crops for ethanol , and this had better not involve chopping down large areas of rainforest . |