Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] down [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She throws down an empty glass , just missing the head of the sleeping man .
2 If it goes down a thirty hole , it 'll be sixty wo n't it cos it 's double score .
3 She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity .
4 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 .
5 He stocks his stores with fresh-faced young assistants to whom he hands down a rigid dress code like a strict father : no nail varnish , no high heels — no dark tights even .
6 You lay the Axminster carpet on top of the cable , trampling all over it , over a number of years and again the old thing happens , it wears down the outer protective cabling , it breaks down the insulation and then you get a fire situation burning away , smouldering away underneath your carpet because while ever your er electrical appliance is switched on heat is being generated .
7 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 .
8 He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people .
9 In each he jots down an initial point — " 1 .
10 Hits it so low , he knocks it off and he comes down the wrong way and lands on top of us .
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