Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose you think I mean I want to walk down the aisle in white with my friends watching , but that 's not it , that 's not what this feeling is to do with . |
| 2 | The fingerboard is ebony , with exquisite maple leaf inlays lacking nothing in detail as they appear to drift down the neck towards the body . |
| 3 | ‘ If you want to slow down the game , ’ said another Ottawa official , ‘ one good tactic is to keep changing the players ’ . |
| 4 | A members ' voluntary liquidation usually happens because a company 's shareholders want to close down the business and get their money back . |
| 5 | Residential homes , and long stay nursing homes in particular , appear to cut down the use of hospital care during the last year of people 's lives . |
| 6 | ‘ They want to bring down the Chancellor and thereby to undermine the Prime Minister himself , ’ he said . |
| 7 | At the present time the English tend to play down the significance of affinal relationships but , even so , the statement " she has made a good marriage " is more likely to refer to the social and financial standing of the husband 's immediate kin than to the personal qualities of the husband himself . |
| 8 | But egalitarian feminists tend to play down the value of biological explanations . |
| 9 | Egon Zehnder consultants tend to play down the headhunter image , now freely accepted by most of the Big Four's directors , and see themselves , like their European colleagues , as management consultants . |
| 10 | Or remain to stare down the reflection of his own fear ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Residential homes seem to cut down the use of hospital care ; they probably also reduce the need for it , but this is less certain . |
| 13 | Read it aloud half a dozen times then try to set down the framework and some key ‘ trigger words ’ on half a dozen index cards . |
| 14 | They try to ram down the throat of the public what the public quite rightly does not want . |
| 15 | Shingle moved to the upper parts of the beach by either of these causes will pile up until the bank becomes so steep that stones start to roll down the beach , thus maintaining a steeper inshore section to most beaches . |
| 16 | Saints , beaten four times by Wigan last season , aim to throw down the gauntlet early with victory at the International Stadium . |
| 17 | Crawford played Kent , one of the boys who go on strike and threaten to burn down the gym when the headmaster decides to dismiss the teacher , who has fallen in love with his son — and whom he believes to be his illegitimate daughter . |
| 18 | They help to cut down the number of acne bacteria in the blocked-up grease glands and reduce painful inflammation . |
| 19 | I do n't think it 's condoning , I just think it 's given the safe , giving out the safest options for people who maybe taking drugs and , and and maybe in , in maybe er sometimes thinking about injecting drugs , and er I think we actually have to be very clear on this epidemic , that , that there is no , no way for , for lack of clarity , we have to go down the line . |
| 20 | I know I have to go down the college tonight . |
| 21 | Both Argyle and Watkins in using the game model have to play down the competitiveness of games , for neither the social interactions of real life nor of drama are necessarily competitive . |
| 22 | There was an obvious danger in such a situation — the danger that concern to keep down the compensation bill would affect the ministry 's judgement of the planning merits of particular cases . |
| 23 | even the PC is quite an old one , and the tasks I have to accomplish down the line are fairly simple — electronic mail , basic word processing and the like . ’ |
| 24 | Now , however , you simply have to lay down the law and force relatives or close companions to realise that a major move or upheaval is unavoidable . |