Example sentences of "[to-vb] down a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grégoire 's ability to take a clock to pieces and put it together again , to strip down a car engine , to harness a horse and ride it well , to know and to cherish the names and characteristics of plants and of animals — all these abilities meant nothing to Hugo at all . |
| 2 | She said oh I 've got to write down a credit limit . |
| 3 | However , it takes longer for irregularly shaped particles to pass down a sieve column than grains which are smooth surfaced or equant ( Kennedy , Meloy & durney , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Few meetings would dare to vote down a pay rise , but the threat of such a vote — and the awkward , embarrassing questions that might accompany it — would be a valuable restraint . |
| 5 | The first true holder of the post , Lord Russell , had been ordered by the privy council to raise his troops to put down a West Country revolt against the prayer book . |
| 6 | If you are laying new insulation , take the opportunity to put down a vapour barrier of heavy-duty polythene sheeting over the loft floor first , if the plasterboard has no foil face . |
| 7 | Dogs were used to put down a land reform demonstration outside the National Congress in Asunción on June 23 , 1989 ; 10 people were injured in what was the first major use of force since Rodríguez had seized power . |
| 8 | Again she went alone , because the Goad case came along and he had to hunt down a gangland killer . |
| 9 | The all powerful , but ageing New Zealander John Campbell , never one to turn down a pay day , will be favoured to improve on his 2:17:22 winning time from last year , that is if he shows up . |
| 10 | The taxi dropped off one of the passengers , and the offenders instructed the driver to take them to a farm club , and then asked him to turn down a farm track . |
| 11 | unemployed people will not be able to turn down a job offer on the basis of the pay being too low ; |
| 12 | Each document seeks to lay down a curriculum policy , define a subject area and stress the need for an education programme which is ‘ coherent and continuous ’ . |
| 13 | a bald patch , yes , so she had wear , actually we had to cut down a plastic bucket cos she was a big dog |
| 14 | A 59-YEAR-OLD woman WHO tried to burn down a council flat she had been evicted from narrowly escaped prison yesterday . |