Example sentences of "[vb base] down [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Track down the following books through the index . |
| 2 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 3 | Mow , mow down the tender grass Ebalgume ! |
| 4 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 5 | FINLAND 'S government yesterday announced an emergency economic austerity package to stem an outflow of investment capital from the country that is threatening to force a major devaluation and bring down the centre-right administration . |
| 6 | It was instinct — the natural reaction of a predatory male — that made Ibn Fayoud smile back and press down the automatic window beside him . |
| 7 | Inert , mute , untouchable , she seemed uncanny and prodigious to Rosa , who wanted her to protest the hectic fury all around her , to come alive and give a sign , as , below her , the volunteers hauling the lumbering shrine on their backs on poles criss-crossed and tethered grew more obstreperous and howled and the crowd pressed up and obstructed their laborious way ahead ; after three turns around the piazza they at last reached the platform in the middle , only a little distance from the Duomo they had left , and the sweat-streaked bearers put down the skewed tower on which the Madonna stood , and tumbled to their knees . |
| 8 | It always seems to me that you 've got a set of results , and if you come to write them up , and you know they 're obviously wrong , you 're going to get a lot more marks if you put down the right values — or what should be the right values — so you end up fiddling things eventually . |
| 9 | I put down the empty can . |
| 10 | He hoisted up a plank to sit on and then let down a small rope . |
| 11 | Others , such as the fault that let down the great thickness of Mesozoic in Cardigan Bay ( to the west of Wales ) must have been much later , though they served to define basins that were presumably already there . |
| 12 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 13 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 14 | So from four we count five backwards count minus five just means count down the opposite way , so we go one , two , three , four , five , so it should be minus one . |
| 15 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |
| 16 | It would be agreeable to report that on at last sighting the ocean I , like Vasco Núñez , promptly prayed a lot , rejoiced even more , cut down a fine tree and erected a cross , then had the expedition secretary carefully write down the names of all my companions for posterity . |
| 17 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 18 | Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly . |
| 19 | They cut down the flowery mass |
| 20 | The Western sheep and cattle rangers cut down the big trees and put a stop to the burning of bush . |
| 21 | Every other station has , you even have advertising on radio , why ca n't you have it now on B B C One and Two and cut down the eighty pounds ? |
| 22 | Walk down the pedestrianised Grafton Street and you 'll hear a dozen buskers who look like Hothouse Flowers and sound like The Waterboys . |
| 23 | I walk down the real staircase , but I know , like Lot 's wife knew , that everything is crumbling to a smoke screen behind me , the urge to look back slaps at my face , but there has been enough powder to nothing in my life . |
| 24 | I clasp the mahogany handle just as the door shivers its infection and walk down the crazy paving path as each stone vaporises one step behind me . |
| 25 | I walk down the steep flight of stairs . |
| 26 | I walk down the broadest thoroughfare on the island , that which leads to the harbour . |
| 27 | I gulp down the orange drink and order another one . |
| 28 | For a soft effect , thin down an oil-based paint with spirits , and then apply your colour with a brush . |
| 29 | A glance down the right-hand margin then shows what you have learnt . |
| 30 | A glance down the left-hand margin then gives a quick summary of the work noted on that page . |