Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] down a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slugs can be a menace in the greenhouse in winter so put down a few slug pellets . |
| 2 | The committee also turned down a request from batsman Philip Robinson , who declined a new contract with the county , to be classified as a ‘ non-contested ’ registration . |
| 3 | The Act therefore laid down a " statement of particulars " to be included in any contract — the nature and length of the voyage , the time to be on board , the capacity in which the seaman was to serve , the amount of wages and scale of provisions to be provided and any disciplinary rules or penalties to be applied while on board — thus anticipating by 122 years the detailing of terms universally required by the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 . |
| 4 | On opening the door and passing through the doorway the plaintiff immediately fell down a flight of steps and sustained injury . |
| 5 | Ad hoc alliances of green organizations take place from time to time , and at the end of 1988 Greenpeace , Friends of the Earth and the World Wide Fund for Nature jointly threw down a ‘ green gauntlet ’ to the government , urging it to turn propaganda about the environment into action . |
| 6 | In 1992 the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a hate-crime ordinance in St Paul , Minnesota , that was invoked after a cross-burning . |
| 7 | One member of this party almost vanished down a hidden disused mineshaft on the walkout , thankfully managing to stop himself in time from going the distance ! |