Example sentences of "[verb] down [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now even this annoyed her , the way her father toned down some of the roughness of his idiom , her mother increased the Holywood Hampstead in her voice . |
| 2 | In particular , this will show whether greater proximity has broken down some of the barriers which have traditionally existed between the two groups or , as some theorists have suggested , has led to a re-definition of their differences . |
| 3 | And er guys started to go down that to the twenty foot level where they were picked up by an inflatable off the standby boat . |
| 4 | It 's a good idea to write down all of the incidents concerning your boss which you believe to be unfair . |
| 5 | The other part of your homework I 've given you to do , is to write down all of the intervals that you can possibly have . |
| 6 | Now though the present owners are re-building the house and plan to pull down all of the existing part . |
| 7 | This might also help break down some of the misconceptions that can grow up between organisations . |
| 8 | But it did break down some of the unbearable tension that had been building . |
| 9 | Air now passes down this to the mouth of the fish which is connected to tiny openings in the parchment cocoon . |
| 10 | She could see waterfalls cascading down some of the mountain-sides and in the distance a lake . |
| 11 | If you start writing down some of the responses to that question , you will find you have along the way acquired a ragbag of elements that will have an important bearing on the design . |
| 12 | They 've already tracked down many of the people who stayed at the guest house over the past week . |
| 13 | Here I cut down several of the largest trees with my knife , and made two wooden boxes . |
| 14 | Fortunately , in this series of articles we will use more conventional maps to set us on the treasure trail , because it is my belief that correctly interpreted , the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles already contain most of the information necessary to track down some of the treasures that time has so cunningly concealed ! |
| 15 | With a parallel interface all eight can be sent together with one bit going down each of the eight wires . |
| 16 | Chris Stanley , NACRO 's policy development officer , has been monitoring the Act 's impact on SSDs and is anxious to play down some of the recent media hype . |
| 17 | ‘ If we have another couple of the big shires , they should be able to paddle down enough of the snow for the rest to follow on foot . ’ |
| 18 | Yet there is a long way to go , particularly in breaking down some of the fixed images of early Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 19 | You know your workbooks that you 've got , he 's actually asking you a few questions relating to the statistics that er , Dr. Bernard 's going to mention , so can I ask you to get your workbooks and a pen , just so that you can jot down some of the information . |
| 20 | Baker 's yeast breaks down some of the indigestible phytic acid in wheat and generates carbon dioxide in the process , causing the bread to rise . |
| 21 | And erm we wo n't have time to go through all of these afterwards , but if I hand a few round to you , what I 'd like you to do is er just have a go and jot down some of the er solutions that you would provide . |
| 22 | And maybe we should take down some of the torches . ’ |
| 23 | Well you , you can actually cut down some of the overtime maybe , and you need to review that and that 's , you need to make that decision . |
| 24 | The government intends to publish a plan by the end of April for closing down all of the country 's uranium mines . |
| 25 | He saved his friend and I do n't know whether he managed to run down any of the gang . |
| 26 | These administrative arrangements broke down some of the barriers in co-ordinating services , but grassroots co-operation has not appeared to be necessarily easier than elsewhere in Great Britain . |
| 27 | For some reason it seemed to kick down some of the barrier of strangeness between them . |
| 28 | Everyone in the crowd was bowing back , and the waves of motion proceeded down each of the streets like ripples out across a pool . |
| 29 | She turned to see Sendei gulping down more of the pink drink . |
| 30 | ‘ We had a gale last night , and it brought down some of the tiles on your cottage . |