Example sentences of "[is] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The artwork is placed down onto the UV light box so that the ‘ Copper Track View ’ of the artwork is downwards , towards the light source . |
| 2 | It 's to sit down with the practice manager and say right tell me about these businesses . |
| 3 | Alcohol is broken down by the chemicals called enzymes in the liver through which blood circulates once every four minutes . |
| 4 | In others , such as the strongyloids , it is large , and opens into a buccal capsule , which may contain teeth ; such parasites , when feeding , draw a plug of mucosa into the buccal capsule ( Fig.3 ) , where it is broken down by the action of enzymes which are secreted into the capsule from adjacent glands . |
| 5 | Is to sit down with the estate agent and say , Right why have you got these business on . |
| 6 | In the Brazil nut , Bertholleria excelsa , and Eschweilera spp. , the hood is pressed down on the fertile stamens and bears only staminodes with nectar at their bases : only a strong bee can lift the hood — species of Xylocopa and female euglossine bees . |
| 7 | Now that the EC is cracking down on the ozone-depleting solvents used in dry-cleaning processes , you could face problems . |
| 8 | Glen Ball , the Neath coach and team manager , is to stand down at the end of the season . |
| 9 | But it has reached the stage where Group 4 have now ‘ lost ’ Sir Norman ’ — Labour 's Frank Dobson on the announcement that the Tory chairman is to stand down from the board of Group 4 . |
| 10 | This ensures that adhesive is carried down into the hole |
| 11 | After the glue has been applied to both edges of each segment and they are assembled , the banding clamp is dropped down over the assembly and tightened until the joints close up tightly . |
| 12 | I know of anything that is happening down at the rear , I can tell you I have a very keen sense of smell . " |
| 13 | A green bonfire is smouldering down by the heap . |
| 14 | Turn right into er what is a very busy er road in any event at that time but that the dangers is that many drivers are becoming impatient with waiting their turn in the queue and what they 're doing is driving down on the wrong side of the road in order to utilise a little back road that 's a service road which runs alongside road and leads into Nightingale avenue . |
| 15 | Harnoncourt ( ) , on the other hand , is let down by the unpredictability of his choral forces , and Gardiner ( ) is all sheen and polish , but misses the sense of the ceremonial which lies at the heart of his this most perfect of all choral masterpieces . |
| 16 | To my mind the SRV 's overall appearance is let down by the fingerboard . |
| 17 | The general quality of the whole machine is let down by the tacky keyboard . |
| 18 | He 's a floating penguin that literally toots with joy when he is pushed down under the water . |
| 19 | This thin bar is pushed down to the level of the trimmer head , and is claimed to prevent wear on the cord when working near a tree or wall , that would normally abrade the nylon cord . |
| 20 | He 's bashing down from the campus . |
| 21 | It is safe to push backwards , moving down wind with the nose into wind , provided that the airbrakes are open and weight is applied down on the nose . |
| 22 | She 'll go up to you and she goes she looks at you like that and her eyes are all wide , sh sh she 's looking down at the wall like that to make sure it 's all clear , you know what I mean ? |
| 23 | When , on his final journey to the police station , Raskolnikov kneels down in the middle of the Haymarket and kisses ‘ the earth , the filthy earth ’ ( zemlya ) as Sonya has bidden , it is entirely calculated by Dostoevsky that a tipsy artisan should laugh at the strange young man who ‘ is bowing down to the whole world and is kissing the capital city of St Petersburg and its soil ’ ( grunt , the German Grund ) . |
| 24 | This " life story " is written down by the sufferer and then read out to the group . |
| 25 | Another very common action is pushing down on the legs to propel the body upwards . |
| 26 | The third one is the , this book is pushing down on the table and the table is pushing up on the book . |
| 27 | If you find that one side of the body is pushing down into the floor , then think of that side of the body releasing away from the floor . |
| 28 | There is a strong thriller element to the novel , particularly in the last part , in which Piero is tracked down by the agents of what is portrayed as something close to a police or military state in the underground corridors of the prison-like block of flats where Charles lives and the fugitive has been hiding . |
| 29 | He 's lying down on the floor having a nice lie down are n't you Toby ? |
| 30 | A bending spring is slid down inside the pipe for support as it is bent across the knee . |