Example sentences of "[vb base] [v-ing] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that afternoon , there was an inspection of the course , and while sideslipping down behind Mueller I was amazed to seen him remove his skis and begin walking down the course , an activity known as ‘ bootpacking ’ . |
| 2 | I vaguely recall writing down the codes months ago and losing whatever it was I wrote them on . |
| 3 | Next you begin breaking down the aims into individual goals . |
| 4 | When you can manage this too , then begin cutting down the rest intervals to one minute . |
| 5 | But I did n't get married four times because I like trolling down the aisle , I got married four times because I like the idea of being married and I like sharing my life with a man . |
| 6 | now if I was to go there and back that 's eighty pence , I mean I could get , for , for that e extra eighty pence I could get a few things in there that are dearer but I mean I like going down the town anyway and just wander and go back but I do get a few more bits in there now than I did . |
| 7 | We crash to the ground and roll fighting down the slope . |
| 8 | I mean , well if you have n't got gauze in your first aid box , but you could have something like a Mediwipe or you might be able to use , open up your bandage and you can use , you know , several pieces of this , just keep going down the bandage and then you know clean it and get rid of that bit , okay , another clean bit okay , so you can adapt with whatever you 've got in your first aid box , yes , and you wo n't necessarily have scissors to hand so you 'll have to do whatever you 've got and the little Mediwipes are very useful for that , but do n't use one Mediwipe for seventy five grazes , okay , one Mediwipe for one wipe and then discard , okay ? |
| 9 | This was on the last day of an exhausting eleven-month shoot tracking down the healers , mystics and wise men of the islands . |
| 10 | Planted in horizontal rows across hillsides , the grass sinks deep roots and grows into a living retaining wall that traps soil washing down the slope . |
| 11 | It can , but does not necessarily , mean paddling down the Orinoco alone , with a two week ration of half a ship 's biscuit and some rancid coconut milk . |
| 12 | Frankly I think from our colleagues in the conservative party should n't really be wasting our time here with these silly motions , erm what 's needed is if you 're gon na improve the housing situation in the city and in the country as a whole , we need to be allowed to use our capital receipts , all the ones we 've piled up , and we need to also inject money into the national economy to build new homes and incidentally to get the economy moving again and start bringing down the level of unemployment . |
| 13 | Do you know she had the sauce to pick up my socks and start smoothing down the eiderdown . ’ |
| 14 | And one day we were coming along and these local ladies were coming towards us said oh we love going down the country roads and you know , oh look at all these poor refugees ! |
| 15 | I start breaking down the shape of the building into smaller ones as well . |
| 16 | I start breaking down the shape of the building into smaller ones as well . |
| 17 | Start running down the food in your freezer and fridge , so that they can be switched off and cleaned a couple of days before you move . |
| 18 | Do not be aggressive or start laying down the law about your rights . |
| 19 | She heard Adam 's heavy tread moving down the hall , and slowed a little , her heart shrinking within her . |