Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can , I have , I , I sort of are really quite dumbfounded by these er these sort of these motions , starting off with lets close down the whole of the South East England for all air travel in the future , I mean it 's it 's it 's absolutely |
| 2 | In the standard recovery , the full opposite rudder is always applied first , and if it does slow down the rotation , the nose of the glider will automatically drop , helping to unstall the wings . |
| 3 | ‘ It does break down the tyranny of the Madonna body . |
| 4 | We can also recognise , as we did , at an , on an earlier paper that it is national government policy and increasingly so , to encourage the development of capital schemes , borrowing , we noted that in relation to transport and the availability of S C A's I think it 's also right to say that the government does set down the level of borrowing which can be entered into in in any one year , that is the credit approvals are controlled by the government and they do make them available to the County Council and to district Councils , so in a sense , the government is both saying that we expect borrowing to be a feature of a budget and also that we want to control , and restrict the amount of money that can be borrowed through the amount of credit approvals . |
| 5 | So I would be best to lay lay down the law straight away , what we needed , and what we did n't need . |
| 6 | While this does not rule out the risk of a change of regime there , it does cut down the danger of a simple change of heart by the existing government . |
| 7 | A quick straw poll of parents revealed that the little children are thrilled to get their letters marked Santaland or Reindeerland , and believe that Santa really does come down the chimney while they 're asleep . |