Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This circularity is apparent in the seminal article written by Goody and Watt where they lay down the reasons why they attribute such importance to literacy . |
| 2 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 3 | There was no roof and the rain that had fallen in the night left dark stripes where it trickled down the greasy surface of the cows ' rumps . |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ My conscience dictates that I drive down the Cap and interview Peter Leary . |
| 5 | At times I feel so tired that I throw down the pen in despair ; but it is soon taken up again , and , like a pygmy Antaeus , it seems to have imbibed fresh vigour from its prostration . |
| 6 | The wood is alder and the deal is that I scaled down the body a little bit . |
| 7 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 8 | I could really do with a bit of a sit down and summat to drink , so I go down the driveway into the station . |
| 9 | ‘ So ye poured down the lysol . ’ |
| 10 | This means that you thunder down the approach at Spitfire cruising-speed till , upon reaching a point one minute from the runway , you almost stop the aircraft in mid-air ( sending anyone inside towards the windshield ) , then bring it down at Bonanza-pace to a landing which , with practice , can be as short as 1,100 feet . |
| 11 | Then her hands began to shake so she put down the half-eaten cake , very aware that his face was full of emotion , belying the quietness of his voice . |
| 12 | we take some of them part bake breads and some cheese and biscuits and a great big packet of cheese and , and you just you know , you can either just sit there , but the food , once you get down the food is so cheap you do n't want nothing else in the heat . |
| 13 | Pamela suggests that we walk down the Prince of Wales Road to the Aegean Sea . |
| 14 | Can you just check that we took down the following . |
| 15 | It 's always in a working capacity , but the difference being that we note down the results of our work , document it very carefully so that we can provide some kind of a lesson learnt for a future operation . |
| 16 | The drive was tree-lined , so they went down the farther side , only visible now and then . |
| 17 | Its real blessing , of course , was that it kept down the numbers of mice and rats . |
| 18 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 19 | Filigree Street crosses its turnwise end in the manner of the crosspiece of a T , and the Broken Drum is so placed that it looks down the full length of the street . |
| 20 | She nodded , spilling juice down her front so that it trickled down the pop star 's face . |
| 21 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 22 | and I 'm not kidding you , he 's got his blue coat that he wears down the garden , you know the one with all the , he 's got erm his army jacket , a grey jacket erm tt how many has he got ? |
| 23 | Oh well , she said , you see , it 's my work , she said I work in a , in an insurance office and she said I 'm in and out the courts all the time , you see so he knocked down the wrong person |
| 24 | He picked up the bird and noticed it had a ring on its leg , so he wrote down the number and passed the information on to me . |
| 25 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 26 | The one you 're walking out with , the one Gazzer and me saw down the prom . ’ |
| 27 | It was n't the only operation that went into the shredder at that time — you could figure that for yourself So Arnie went to London and closed it off wiped our prints off everything and I shut down the Langley end . |
| 28 | And I play on the mountains and I slide down the slag heap . ’ |
| 29 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 30 | And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own . |