Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] down [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 2 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
| 3 | But for the interested amateur the travel companies offer trips which include opportunities to follow the grey whales of the San Ignacio Lagoon , view tigers in India , search for orchids and birds of paradise in Papua New Guinea , or track down the gorillas in the Mountains of the Moon . |
| 4 | ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma . |
| 5 | you can take a donkey ride up into the mountains in the morning , before spending the afternoon on a jet ski or paragliding down the beach . |
| 6 | People who do n't know anything about it might assume that it simply involves standing in front of a camera or walking down a catwalk . |
| 7 | The sheer mass of Snotlings can overwhelm or tie down an enemy unit even if the tiny creatures do n't cause many casualties ! |
| 8 | Yesterday , as they had chatted , the model had been continually fussing with her mane of black curls , or admiring her long finger nails , or smoothing down the skirt of her grey suede suit . |
| 9 | This kind of sexism can be ( and has been ) noted , but it is hard to get rid of because it occurs in ‘ unregulated ’ contexts : nobody has made or written down a rule saying that women can be addressed as ‘ dearie ’ or referred to as ‘ bitches ’ . |
| 10 | The S1 and S2 buttons on the GK-2 controller can be used to reassign the footswitches to hold , pitch up or pitch down an octave , control signal modulation or to start or stop the in-built sequencer ( of which more later ) . |
| 11 | There , there is the er belief that er it is better to have the resources of all the Common Market countries behind you if you want to intervene to protect or bring down the value of your currency , depending on which way it may be . |
| 12 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
| 13 | Now I never if I was going through a train or going down a platform , and there were two or three carriage women carriage cleaners you know , I would n't speak to them about their work . |
| 14 | Letters were lost , and time and again Charles would discover that his staff had failed to show him a document or letter , or turned down an invitation on his behalf without ever showing it to him . |
| 15 | It is like the wind that hurtled across the desert or whistled through the cedars or rushed down the wadis . |
| 16 | If you have just a few bushes , drape individual plants with nets , burying or pegging down the edges during vulnerable periods . |
| 17 | Their Game Genie gadget allows players to change the rules , speed up or slow down the action . |
| 18 | Several mentioned that in recent years the rate of voluntary leaving had decreased so that they were no longer able to rely upon increasing or slowing down the rate of recruitment to maintain their labour forces at the desired level . |
| 19 | If , however , a Cleric of Good or Law wishes to conduct some ritual cleansing , or calls down a blessing to effect same , then this is fair role-playing and the Cleric should not be grossly penalized ; all the same , something should take an interest ! |
| 20 | The Suffolk 's head is big with a broad forehead , and often with a star on it or a shim or blaze down the face ; the neck deep in the collar and tapering to a graceful setting of the head ; the shoulders long and muscular and thrown well back at the withers . |
| 21 | She 's half-turned away , hanging up or taking down a dress from a hook . |
| 22 | Try increasing the pump speed for a short while to shift the blockage , or drain down the system so it can be flushed through and refilled ( see CORROSION-PROOFING AND DESCALING ) . |
| 23 | Try increasing the pump speed for a short time to shift the blockage , or drain down the system so it can be flushed through , and refill with clean water ( and a corrosion inhibitor ) . |
| 24 | If the House gave no such indication until it actual threw a Bill out , or voted down the government on some other major issue , governments would fall with much greater regularity . |
| 25 | Add the position of his feet being wide apart and he is unable to get out of the way or play down the line . |
| 26 | Where the information is available , it shows that each modern nation is descended from a wide diversity of peoples , leaving aside all those who have joined or left down the years . |
| 27 | or shinning down a drainpipe at midnight |
| 28 | He pointed out that whether I was listening to a lecture , writing an exam , taking in the instructions of a track coach , studying in silence , reading a book , writing an essay or a report , or laying down the law in a pub , communication was operative . |
| 29 | The production of written or spoken language at the single-word level ( as , for example , when you answer a question like ‘ What is the large grey animal with tusks and a trunk ? ’ or write down the name of a picture shown to you ) is not difficult to explain . |
| 30 | This is good for voice-overs or to push down the level of the rhythm guitar to allow for the lead guitar to come over . |