Example sentences of "[verb] it down on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt Adam 's ribs swell suddenly as he took in a huge breath ; he thrust her away from him , seized hold of the roof slab as if to pull it down on top of them ; and screamed . |
| 2 | It 's a bright idea , brought up by thought up by somebody , writes it down on back of envelope , whacks it into the legislation without proper thought . |
| 3 | Put it down on ma bill . " |
| 4 | You have to be able to hold it up there and perhaps put it down on paper or apply it . |
| 5 | I feel that it shows itself in the contrast between the child 's — we 're talking about children for the moment , although obviously there are dyslexic adults — it shows itself in the contrast between the person 's ability to express him or herself in words and their ability to put it down on paper and to read it off paper , and it 's this contrast which often arouses one 's suspicions that there might be some problem and , having gone into it a little , we find that it stems from a failure of the sensory motor system — the brain is n't processing the information it 's receiving through the ear and eye . |
| 6 | As his eyes fell on the crucifix he realized that he 'd always loathed it , and in a small gesture of defiance he lifted it off its hook and set it down on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 7 | She leapt towards him and , seizing the plate of biscuits , brought it down on top of her head until it shattered , and fell onto her arms . |
| 8 | There they gently laid it down on top of the so-centimetre mark at the middle of the tape measure . |
| 9 | Often the most one can learn from them is that the student stuck out the course and actually learned enough to pass the examination , retaining what he learned long enough to get it down on paper . |
| 10 | I mean I mentioned it to him afterwards but it was the sudden notice of the deadline … and I had to get it down on paper very quickly . |
| 11 | Now how do you put it down on paper ? |
| 12 | ‘ I like thinking something through and then setting it down on paper . |
| 13 | I 'll tell you what write it down on paper and then you can copy it into your book when you know you 've got it right . |
| 14 | ‘ They have done their homework too — they have it down on paper . |