Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laverne points down the bank on the other side of the road . |
| 2 | ( Artist 's heart now sinks at thought of fifteen-hour day on account of two ideas leading to twenty permutations of two-line scene : ‘ But Richard — ’ ‘ Yes , I know , but the thing is — er — let me put this another way ’ ( so far he has n't put it anyway ) — ‘ Look — ’ ( He freezes mid-pace , cocks his head as though listening to an external sound — which indeed he is — draws a deep breath through his nose , rolls up his eyes , turns down the corners of his mouth , then , forgetting to expel air because a new thought has struck him , he gasps : ) ‘ I 'll tell you what , right ? |
| 3 | Returning to the kitchen , Robyn turns down the thermostat of the central heating and checks that the back door of the house is locked and bolted . |
| 4 | In one letter to Susanna Highmore , he turns down the offer of a sonnet to be prefixed to Leapor 's second volume : |
| 5 | A system of transitional payments is in operation , which slows down the effects of these changes on current claimants . |
| 6 | Everyone 's perpetual concern to safeguard himself against having to take legal responsibility necessitates a fearful expenditure of effort , paper , ink , and time , slows down the transaction of business , removes from the provincial and district agencies all feelings of independence , and teaches them to act surreptitiously if at all . |
| 7 | An additional plus for the Anatom is its lining , which has in-built Antibac , an antibacterial system which slows down the growth of bacteria on the skin , an unusual but welcome concept in shoe technology . |
| 8 | You should remember that a fridge does n't kill bacteria , only slows down the rate at which they multiply . |
| 9 | It automatically slows down the rate of eating for you ! |
| 10 | This view actually parallels modern scientific thinking , which presumes that the universe is evolving towards final destruction when the inevitable pull of gravity slows down the rate of expansion . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If the red ball goes down the edge of the white ball ? |
| 13 | While the deal goes down the rest of them wait next door . |
| 14 | The wind has varied for them between 20 and 40 knots and it has , in the main , blown from the west , allowing them sleigh rides down the faces of the big waves . |
| 15 | But it is a start that plays down the complications of learning about gender and discrimination outside the family , in order to produce a viable psychological theory . |
| 16 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 17 | By politicizing his text in this way Sukenick runs the risk of linking authorial production with political manipulation , but he regularly plays down the privilege of composition by including himself as a minor character within his narratives . |
| 18 | The absence of the category of consciousness inevitably plays down the role of individual subjects and thus of individual agency and resistance as a result of specific acts of will . |
| 19 | Parents and teachers claim Rainbow deliberately plays down the risk of contracting Aids from homosexual relationships by suggesting there is nothing frightening about the gay lifestyle . |
| 20 | There is also evidence that TV , as a technology which works by electronic scanning , effectively shuts down the functioning of those parts of the brain that reason and think actively and logically — the skills that have been associated with the left hemisphere of the brain . |
| 21 | PETER HARTLAND looks down the corridors of history and produces what he sees as the supreme England one-day team |
| 22 | Power trickles down the edifice with the effect that those who actually deliver the service , teachers and lecturers , are the least powerful in terms of determining what the service is about , how it performs , how it should develop . |
| 23 | If he knocks down the wicket with his own leg , he is out . |
| 24 | Play them in order and make sure that your thumb , which holds down the root of the G chords , also deadens the A string … |
| 25 | With very good will the adviser writes down the address of the local family counselling services . |
| 26 | In either case the designer writes down the sequence of actions which must be taken coupled with informational indications of what should be happening . |
| 27 | PART of a Courtaulds business in France — supplying packaging materials for fresh fruit and vegetables — starts off the year under new ownership . |
| 28 | Marcellus starts off the film as a drunk , a womaniser , a detached outsider amid the ( very decorous ) antics of Ancient corrupt Rome — but alas he is converted . |
| 29 | This tension is then ‘ satisfyingly ’ released by the resolution from the Dominant chord to the tonic chord which usually starts off the chorus of the song . |
| 30 | Roger starts off the celebrations with spaghetti Bolognaise on Christmas Eve . |