Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [v-ing] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standard machines measure 600 mm ( 23⅝in ) deep by 595 mm ( 23⅜in ) wide , to fit between units and can be stacked one above the other , but , unless you have a separate utility room , that does not leave much space nearby for storing laundry supplies and accessories or setting down the just cleaned laundry . |
| 2 | When the thumping and cheering had died away Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke rose to her feet fingering her pearls and smoothing down the flounces of her garden party frock . |
| 3 | And that 's what they 're doing , they 're coming into peoples gardens and rushing down the sewers again , you know ? |
| 4 | Mr Paul Wolfowitz , under-secretary for defence policy , warned against trying to cash in the potential defence savings too early , by bringing home the troops and scaling down the armed forces before the situation in Europe had stabilised to the point where a sensible long-term policy could be drafted . |
| 5 | It dawns on us that we are back at temporal beginnings and slipping down the evolutionary tree . |
| 6 | By choosing one of the colours and holding down the shift key , you can then create your own colour , but rather than adding a new colour to the palette this replaces the original . |
| 7 | ‘ Nova Scotia ’ is a laid-back , somewhat funky groove hidden inside an eggshell rhythm , defying all the traditions but laying down the ground-rules for a music destined to be the ‘ rock ’ of the future . |
| 8 | After pushing the desk and all the other furniture to the walls , she spread out four maps on the floor , matching the edges and weighing down the corners with whatever came to hand — the wastepaper basket , the little tin box , the gun . |
| 9 | Some passers-by did not wait that long , leaping off buses and scrambling down the embankment to drag the injured out . |
| 10 | Cowley placed his glass upon the table , and pushed his hands into his pockets , walking to the french windows and staring down the garden . |
| 11 | We have begun the job of raising educational standards and breaking down the barriers between the vocational and the academic routes . |
| 12 | In August 1931 , Wigram wrote to Sir Horace Rumbold , the British Ambassador to Germany , regretting that no single Party is going to face the music of reducing wages and cutting down the dole . |
| 13 | He was responding to Monday 's claim in the Belfast Irish News that at least three dozen officers were members of a secret ‘ inner circle ’ which had the objects of ‘ removing ’ republican suspects and bringing down the Anglo-Irish agreement . |