Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or remain to stare down the reflection of his own fear ? |
| 2 | Professionals have a choice between imposing ‘ appropriate ’ needs on their clients or attempting to break down the latters ' 'dein-dividualisation' ( e.g. as an unemployed person , as a schizophrenic etc. ) and assisting ‘ real ’ needs to be collectively voiced . |
| 3 | Do not be aggressive or start laying down the law about your rights . |
| 4 | there was coincidental positive reinforcement that indicated shutting down the no. 2 engine was the correct course of action . |
| 5 | The mortar men were not trained as Heavy Weapons Troops would be later in the war , but this did not prevent Sergeant Ramsey from getting off a bomb that appeared to go down the hotel chimney , reportedly causing a dozen or more casualties . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's got to be better than trying to abseil down the outside . |
| 7 | The rebirth of an underground implies induction , being drawn into shared exile , being both insider and outsider ; rather than trying to break down the doors to edify the unconverted . |
| 8 | Even if the black hole did emit the right kinds of particles , one could not tell if they were actually the same particles that had gone down the other hole . |
| 9 | And after as many tender words as he could think of , to try and lighten the load , to try and make it seem less of a confession , even to try and compensate for the shared and shaming confidence , he told Fergus that he had been responsible for the fire that had burned down the barn near Port Ann , fifteen years earlier . |
| 10 | Or bits that have gone down the wrong way ? |
| 11 | There was an obvious danger in such a situation — the danger that concern to keep down the compensation bill would affect the ministry 's judgement of the planning merits of particular cases . |
| 12 | In the first year of the war Havelock Wilson repeatedly stressed the cooperation which had existed between the German merchant marine and the NSFU , cast doubt on stories of German atrocities and sought to play down the extremes of anti-German hysteria which had broken out . |
| 13 | She ran from him , nightmare panic making her breathing and heartbeat echo down the long tree-lined path until she saw the moon shining through a stained-glass window of the garden of Eden . |
| 14 | He stopped trembling as quickly as he had begun a moment before and seemed to withdraw down the dark passage to the daydream he was locked in when they first arrived . |
| 15 | The huge man whose belly flowed over his belt and seemed to cascade down the front of his trousers pointed with the cane . |
| 16 | Sawney raised his claymore in both hands and prepared to bring down the hilt . |
| 17 | As they reached the corner of Woodbine Close , Dudley Ford emerged from his front door and came striding down the garden path with Sinbad snuffling at his heels . |
| 18 | She believes we must all recognise and come to terms with our own ageism and seek to break down the barriers to understanding . |
| 19 | ‘ The fire has been lit and allowed to die down a couple of times — and I once smelt the stuff . ’ |
| 20 | In a little while the Wheel would be set alight , released from its cradle and allowed to trundle down the slope , gathering momentum . |
| 21 | Later that afternoon , there was an inspection of the course , and while sideslipping down behind Mueller I was amazed to seen him remove his skis and begin walking down the course , an activity known as ‘ bootpacking ’ . |
| 22 | The rioters killed many deer , and threatened to pull down the palings of the park , so that the Earl of Holland , as Chief Justice of the Forest , obtained authority for the sheriff of Berkshire to raise the power of the county to apprehend the rioters . |
| 23 | The yellow dog barked excitedly and shook himself ; he shoved his nose into his dish and began gulping down the food in huge , hungry bites . |
| 24 | These rapidly accumulated round the fissure , building up into a conical heap , and then , as more and more new material emerged from the fissures , lava flows were erupted and began to stream down the ski-slopes . |
| 25 | A little boy came out of the woods opposite and began skiing down the slope towards the road . |
| 26 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 27 | We crash to the ground and roll fighting down the slope . |
| 28 | It will be open on Thursday from 10am-4pm and aims to break down the family , work and leisure isolation problems of people with hearing difficulties . |
| 29 | These matters should be sorted out before assuming that the conversation is impossible , and starting to write down the information one wants to communicate . |
| 30 | It says that recent years have seen a transformation in Britain 's manufacturing base , and it condemns those who do not recognise it and continue to run down the achievements of British industry . |