Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly . |
| 2 | The restrictions were initially adopted as a temporary measure designed to slow down the flight of foreign currency reserves from the country . |
| 3 | After that , you can expect Leeds mail to come surging down the wires to your computer every day of the week , and aim to join in the talk whenever you can . |
| 4 | However , the policing of images of sexual violence appears to fall down the gap between the two , sometimes being subject to one policy , and sometimes the other . |
| 5 | South Africa was marred by the fatal accident to Tom Pryce when a marshal ran across the track : a memorable moment when a dead man 's car kept running down the straight . |
| 6 | The eastern extremity of the spit is not greatly affected by waves from the south-west , but comes under the influence of north-east winds blowing down the Solent . |
| 7 | The local skateboard club voted to take down the three foot of vert and use the vert sections to make up a flat bottom . |
| 8 | Lawrence thought his side had let down the fans . |
| 9 | Lawrence thought his side had let down the fans . |
| 10 | ‘ He thought the only explanation was that staff at the club had watered down the drinks . |
| 11 | However , quite apart from the fact that such a statement does not accommodate cases of emergency — cases where the defendant 's unlawful conduct could , unless restrained , cause serious and irreparable harm before trial , as for example where the defendant threatens to cut down a tree in breach of a tree preservation order — in other cases it is usually not so much the flagrancy of the breach as the fact that the defendant intends to persist in offending unless restrained by an injunction , which justifies the invocation of that form of relief : see City of London Corporation v. Bovis Construction Ltd . |
| 12 | The winter rain and snow had beaten down the weeds to a mulch of sodden brown stems , through which the bricks and rubbish on the ground protruded . |
| 13 | The reply comes zooming down the phone : ‘ Of course , dear , we 'll understand — do n't think another thought about it — we 're just looking forward to seeing you , and we 'll be in touch nearer the time , dear … ’ |
| 14 | A couple more members of the gang came scrambling down the companionway ladder . |
| 15 | While parental choice embodied in the Educational Reform Act has broken down the traditional secondary-feeder primary school catchment areas , for the vast number of secondary schools their associated primaries are unchanged . |
| 16 | By contrast with the Geneva and Reykjavik summits between Mr Gorbachev and the former president , Mr Ronald Reagan , which were dominated by SDI , the issue has dropped down the superpower agenda . |
| 17 | Making way for the SunDragons , Sun has knocked down the prices of its existing 600MP multi-processing servers by seven to 17% , it says . |
| 18 | Once the child has calmed down the parent can make a brief comment about it all being over now and then continue as if the tantrum had not occurred . |
| 19 | ACT decided to go down the object-oriented route for several reasons . |
| 20 | And if the faculty chose to go down the specialist qualification route , he added , it would go some way towards restoring credibility in the auditing profession by ensuring that standards are raised . |
| 21 | And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo . |
| 22 | Liz 's gurgle of laughter had floated down the wires . |
| 23 | Here when the sin in the darkness had been brought to the light its power was broken and in this case confession had battered down the barrier . |
| 24 | The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move . |
| 25 | Macca and Strach ) was ineffective , Hodge ran around like a headless chicken trying to pull down every Crewe player he came near and White and Deane were not in the game . |
| 26 | But our judge might be able to guarantee this by making plain that he intends the new rule to govern all future cases , and that the exception for Elmer was made possible only by the fact that no judge had laid down a similar rule before Elmer committed his crime . |
| 27 | Methodism had broken down the old geographical barriers so that now nearly all areas had their Nonconformists . |
| 28 | So the insistence of some employees on cash payment tends to slow down the trend to cheque or transfer payment , and therefore to that wider use of bank accounts which we see as bringing considerable advantages to consumers in money management and cheaper credit availability . |
| 29 | Given the rate at which parts of the crag seem to tumble down the hillside , including some famous classic routes , you ought to make the effort sooner rather than later , before any more lines disappear . |
| 30 | A Western consultancy attempting to track down the money lost in this way said that much of it was being deposited in foreign banks . |