Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 2 | Moving away from the terrace , broad steps drop down past a rose and herb bed edged with low growing box to the first lawn level , which would make an ideal play area . |
| 3 | The dangerous stinging tentacles hang down below the float . |
| 4 | When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing . |
| 5 | When these shops close down for the night , the sound of heavy breathing from their stock must rival that of a porn cinema . |
| 6 | The beetles burrow under the dead animals , removing the earth from below so that the animals sink down into the soil , where they are rolled into balls for the reception of the beetles ' eggs and developing larvae . |
| 7 | As informational flows become less structured , so the water-tight internal divisions of institutions break down into a plethora of working parties and task groups with constantly shifting personnel . |
| 8 | Mainly the sparks fly down off the wheel , but some seem to cling to the circumference all round then fly up into the operator 's face . |
| 9 | Catarrhs travel down to the larynx and hoarseness , to the trachea with burning worse ( < ) for coughing and to the chest with constriction and a cough . |
| 10 | In hibernating animals , the body temperature falls much further , to just above freezing , while heartbeat and all the other bodily functions slow down to a barely perceptible pace . |
| 11 | Magnificent Georgian houses are clustered together while their large and colourful gardens sweep down to the river . |
| 12 | THE INSPIRALS move down to the Harbour area and sit on a green patch with the sun beating down like it can rarely do in Oldham . |
| 13 | The Inspirals settle down for a night 's kip on the 800 mile drive up to the moonlit coast to Seattle for tomorrow 's gig . |
| 14 | Bones bore down on the obstacle and Hoomey shut his eyes . |
| 15 | The distribution of life expectancy across countries is not symmetrical : the lower half of the distribution is more spread out than the upper half ( figure 11.7 ) ; many countries are pushing up against what looks like some kind of a ceiling of around seventy-seven years , while some poorer countries trail down in the forties and two countries ( Sierra Leone and Guinea ) even and leaf display of raw data register a staggering thirty-eight years . |
| 16 | Flats ( 1970 ) rules sequence down to an absolute minimum and spatializes the narrative by creating Beckett-like ‘ characters ’ who are personified place-names . |
| 17 | After Kensaleyre , this beautiful road , a territory of hawks , runs by Loch Snizort Beag , and from the calm grassy uplands , well-to-do houses look down on the waters where the opportunities for boats seem infinite . |
| 18 | Some nectar-eating ants cut down on the time they spend searching for food by using their body clock to alert them to mealtimes . |
| 19 | The new margins extend down to the division mark . |
| 20 | It is said to be an overcoat warmer in the valley , but shelter from the north is no compensation for the deep-freeze effect as the frosts drain down to the river . |
| 21 | Efficiency will also improve as prices and costs move down under the pressure exerted by more competitive markets . |
| 22 | It takes 4 hours in each direction , and there is plenty to see as you drift through a landscape where woodlands slope down to the waters edge , medieval towns seem to be snoozing , vineyards look sweet with promise , and heights are crowned mysteriously with fine old castles and monasteries . |
| 23 | Providing that the forms get down to the computer in London on time |
| 24 | Its accountants sit down with the auditor for a day of conjuring tricks and , hey presto , £15m gets lost in a cloud of smoke , leaving a mere £7m to find . |
| 25 | I mean what what sort of things happen down on the ground ground level ? |
| 26 | Ms Johnston uses the world war as a springboard into other conflicts ; that between England and Ireland ; between Ireland north and south , and even within the south itself , as the English officers look down on the Irish men , and the northern Irish sergeant barely conceals his contempt for the southern Catholics in his ranks . |
| 27 | To his annoyance he found that the Treasurer 's office was now completely empty except for the four telephones set down in a row on the bare boards of the floor . |
| 28 | Anyway these questions go down like a lead balloon . |
| 29 | Further important subsurface information comes from the several boreholes put down in the search for coal by the Department of Commerce on the advice of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | One wonders whether he observed this on his visits to Hailing as the houses of the villagers spread down to the river near the Palace , an ideal place for the collecting of rushes . |