Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A high and uncertain rate of inflation is disturbing because it reduces the efficiency of the market economy and slows down the process of economic growth .
2 And goes down the way .
3 He was wearing a white shirt tonight , with very full sleeves and ruffles down the front .
4 Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles .
5 If records are stored in the next available position in the prime data area — the consecutive spill method — but a link field is provided from the home record or from the last synonym , this avoids unnecessary head movements and cuts down the search time required for the consecutive spill techniques .
6 The Kumbukan river rises with the first rains and breaks down the sand bar between itself and the sea .
7 This unity in the Spirit bridges the gap between Jews and Gentiles once they become Christians ( Eph. 2:15 ) and breaks down the hostility between men of different col-ours and backgrounds .
8 He said who would want a battered old thing with broken springs and stains down the back ?
9 As the only permanent fixture in a constantly changing group , Sinclair Goodlad maintains continuity and lays down the scheme 's philosophy .
10 Staked on peg 14 upstream of Brampton Farm , bomb and waspgrubs down the edge under overhanging trees accounted for five chub and victory .
11 Then the load of stones bounces and trundles down the channel , thus eroding it deeper .
12 Laverne slides and scrambles down the bank on the other side .
13 At the Foxhall Hotel , a single track leaves the Promenade line and runs down the centre of the narrow Princess Street , turning into Blundell Street , Here until 1982 stood the original tram depot , as rebuilt in 1898 for the conversion of the system to overhead line .
14 ( Bantam , £3.99 ) agrees , but narrows down the problem to unstated , unacknowledged and unexpressed anger and a fear of intimacy .
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