Example sentences of "[det] down [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carolyn sat on her bed and swallowed the sleeping tablets , washing each down with a mouthful of water . |
| 2 | I put that down to a lack of maturity and the effects of tension — there were many occasions when players tried to blast the ball into the net at 100mph instead of remaining cool under pressure . |
| 3 | Well on theirs I 'm allowed to give you a discount , I bring that down to a B. The higher up you 're going . |
| 4 | Well I 'll drop that down to a C , that 'd be a hundred and fourteen . |
| 5 | So put that down for a second will we ? |
| 6 | You 'd gain if you avoided putting that down as a score draw , especially of course if it did n't turn out to be a score draw . |
| 7 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 8 | Now as part of an annual goal which is to run some public courses later on in the year , erm , I 've broken that down in a way that I may go through later , to things that I have to do on , on a month by month basis , and this month I need to create the mailing list . |
| 9 | I put this down as a reason for brother Carl 's behaviour and shortcomings ; his tantrums , his many displays of neurosis , his lack of tolerance with others , and his need for understanding — which we , his brothers and sisters , failed to give . |
| 10 | McLeish told Francesca to hang on while he got this down as a note , and stared at the result . |
| 11 | She found nothing , although she did n't know whether to put this down to a lack of success on the part of the police or the massive coverage afforded to the hijacking of a wide-bodied jet over Italy . |
| 12 | Indeed Bob Arum , the promoter , who put it all down to a conflict of styles , recently dismissed his ranked middleweight Michael Nunn for such a negative performance . |
| 13 | And it 's all down to a Wildlife Rescue Group . |
| 14 | Erlich wrote it all down in a pocket notebook , longhand . |
| 15 | ‘ She invited us both down for a drink . ’ |