Example sentences of "[v-ing] down the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even bringing down the charges to £4 means the council will be incurring a £40,000 loss . |
| 2 | I decided to try the Power Tool in two ways : the first using a stack , with the amp set to full shred ; the second with a Vox AC30 on full tilt , but with the Power Tool bringing down the volume to bedroom level . |
| 3 | Walking down the Promenade to the Albion Hotel for luncheon , with Samuel striding ahead like Stonewall Jackson , and Gwendolen having found an apparent soul mate in Lord Beddington , Oliver found himself forced to walk next to Angelina . |
| 4 | Instead I was looking down the quay to where a pathetically thin girl was walking beside a smartly dressed woman . |
| 5 | Looking down the meadow to the cabin , he saw no sign yet of the other four but the Eel was very close . |
| 6 | After that , you can expect Leeds mail to come surging down the wires to your computer every day of the week , and aim to join in the talk whenever you can . |
| 7 | This almost welcoming message kept her going down the raccordo to Siena . |
| 8 | The Doctor let the wall hanging fall back into place , and hurried out , turning down the hall to the bedroom . |
| 9 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 10 | Graham waited until the two men were seated in the cafeteria before moving down the platform to the freight car . |
| 11 | Then moving down the table to outstanding planning consents , Whelan Road , Eggborough , three point three hectares . |
| 12 | Breaking down the barriers to true freedom in East Germany . |
| 13 | That the program-crunching is done for him by people in Breslau , Poland , who re-transmit the results back to his office in Invernessshire for checking before sending down the line to his customer in the Thames Valley , shows that the supposed imperfections of two apparently notorious national telephone systems in fact present no real obstacle . |
| 14 | From my orchard , I could see the steam trains running down the coast to Gaza . |
| 15 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |
| 16 | A short , plain black , strapless dress with a tailcoat top of bold black and white spots sweeping down the back to the floor . |
| 17 | Act 1 scene 7. in which he is laying down the reasons to himself for not killing the king he even admits to himself that his ambition is very powerful ‘ vaulting ambition ’ . |