Example sentences of "[vb pp] down a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along this trench , oceanic crust with ophiolites and " turbidites " coming from the south-east was probably consumed down a Benioff zone . |
| 2 | It follows also that gravity has a negligible effect on small animals , because their surface to volume ratio is so large : if , for example , a mouse was to be dropped down a 30-metre well-shaft it would be stunned , but would scamper away relatively intact because wind resistance acting on its relatively larger surface would counteract the pull of gravity . |
| 3 | ( First Edition ) WARRINGTON have turned down a transfer request from Neil Harmon , their 21-year-old prop forward . |
| 4 | Bristol City winger Junior Bent has turned down a loan move to Plymouth . |
| 5 | Ray Wilkins agreed to come to Tyneside last week but subsequently turned down a playercoach job because his wife did n't want to leave London . |
| 6 | Rangers got no joy , either , from a referee who had turned down a first-half penalty claim for hand ball and was similarly unmoved when Huistra fell after making contact with Dykstra . |
| 7 | ANDY Platt has turned down an Aussie gold bonanza to stay with Wigan in their quest for more titles . |
| 8 | For a daily paper ( given that the images can be transferred down a phone line ) I see it as a Godsend . |
| 9 | Wherever CT scans or the new MRI scans or even ultrasound scans are involved in the management of patients , the images can be transferred down an image link . |
| 10 | Erm one wonders whether that 's erm wise in the long term because once you 've closed down a coal mine of course you ca n't er re-open it very easily because the roof falls in and it floods and effectively you have to start again from er from scratch . |
| 11 | POLICE have closed down a massage parlour operating in the room where prostitute Lynne Trenholm was murdered . |
| 12 | POLICE have closed down a massage business operating in the room where prostitute Lynne Trenholm was brutally murdered . |
| 13 | ‘ How have I brought down a Cabinet Minister ? |
| 14 | But those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US Transportation Secretary , Federico Pena , also laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 15 | The first three songs on the album are tuned down a half step . ’ |
| 16 | Child 2 : ‘ Mummy says that in the old days daddy would have worked down a coal mine to make power for people , |
| 17 | Earlier , I had put down a keyboard part to a click track and so Gregg , Matt ( the Bissonette brothers , Dave Lee Roth 's erstwhile rhythm section — Ed ) and myself went and did Cryin ' . |
| 18 | ‘ Have McKenzie put down a marker buoy , about midships . |
| 19 | The Gary Hutchinson Memorial Appeal is aiming to raise between £12,000 and £15,000 to pay for an image transmission system which will allow those pictures to be sent down a telephone line so specialists at another hospital can advise immediately whether a patient needs to be moved for surgery . |
| 20 | Main Picture Centre : Materials are lowered down a ventilation shaft for Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Junction Canal . |