Example sentences of "[vb past] down the [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of American venture capitalists laid down the law to European hopefuls at the Etre conference in Vienna a couple of weeks ago . |
| 2 | He wrapped his mackintosh carefully round the small sketch-pad and fled down the pathway to the church , arriving in the nick of time , for as he closed the heavy arched door behind him , a slow drizzle of rain swept across the village and surrounding fields . |
| 3 | Thus , one of the major criticisms formulated by the social movements of the 1960s , and by radical groups within socialist and labour parties , was directed against ‘ consensus politics ’ which placed a high value upon the existing parliamentary institutions and played down the commitment to radical changes in the social system . |
| 4 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 5 | But when stuff came down the dock to people off , on to a boat , would that be stored in a warehouse first and then go on to the boat or would it be |
| 6 | He walked straight back round the top of the little dale until they came down the slope to the road , well out of sight of the cottage . |
| 7 | The track switchbacked and twisted down the escarpment to the valley below . |
| 8 | He roared down the passage to the back-kitchen , where Mary O'Dell hugged him and promised him a slice of fruitcake still warm from the oven , if he was a good boy and ate up all his bread and butter first . |
| 9 | Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony , including Wally Fuentes Morrison , and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet . |
| 10 | It proved so effective that Wedgwood 's QC suddenly threw down the gauntlet to those he had continually derided as the ‘ united aesthetes ’ saying , ‘ If you are so sure you can save this building , buy it yourselves for £1 . ’ |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Bobby Ferguson yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Sunderland 's Welsh international , Colin Pascoe . |
| 12 | SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury threw down the gauntlet to M & S , Tesco and Safeway yesterday with another set of sparkling results . |
| 13 | KEVIN Keegan yesterday threw down the gauntlet to refreshed Newcastle winger Franz Carr . |
| 14 | Mr Clarke threw down the gauntlet to a trio of Cabinet colleagues in the vanguard of demands for deeper spending cuts instead of higher taxes to tackle the projected £50 billion deficit . |
| 15 | Mr Clarke threw down the gauntlet to a trio of Cabinet colleagues in the vanguard of demands for deeper spending cuts instead of higher taxes to tackle the projected £50bn deficit . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose you also turned down the chance to be his girlfriend ? ’ |
| 17 | As soon as he had gone , Emmie raced down the garden to the boathouse . |
| 18 | White-faced , her eyes wide with fright , Christine raced down the bank to the pram . |
| 19 | She shinned down the rope to Jekub 's deck . |
| 20 | He walked down the driveway to the main gates of the villa . |
| 21 | As she walked down the companionway to the lower deck the breeze moulded her couture suit of cream silk bouquet against the contours of her body . |
| 22 | He walked down the garden to the privy and noticed that his shoes were wet with dew . |
| 23 | In Benton v. Campbell , Parker Co. ( 1925 K.B. ) the auctioneer knocked down the car to the highest bidder . |
| 24 | Maxham 's pale-blue eyes glanced down the hall to the kitchen . |
| 25 | She glanced down the list to where my finger was . |
| 26 | Cranston grabbed the head from the horror-struck beggar 's hand , thrust it back into the bag , stepped over the still prostrate maid and , roaring for Maude , dashed down the passage-way to the door . |
| 27 | Jenny dashed down the bank to the river and pulled off her shoes and socks . |
| 28 | Davis seized one end and started down the bank to where the horse was fast in the mud . |
| 29 | She stumbled down the gangway to the hatch . |
| 30 | ‘ As I padded down the passage to the kitchen , I felt that something was wrong . |