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Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [noun] [verb] down " in BNC.

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1	It 's a hundred and twenty miles — say up to three hours in that little crate — and he could make the night train down , arriving home in the early morning and , with luck , not being recognized by anybody on the trip or at the station , and not disturbing the family . ’
2	Another suggestion is that it was a fulfilment of a prophecy such as ‘ I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight ’ ( Amos 8:9 ) .
3	He says that the children are responding to a need in themselves , and believes that many adults do n't make the time to slow down and think about what they really need .
4	it wo n't make the paper lie down flat when er when it 's finished .
5	By 11 a.m. the bombardment intensified to the point where Campana could count the shells raining down on two neighbouring companies at a rate of five a minute .
6	There is serious doubt about whether Italy can achieve the norms laid down by the Maastricht Treaty , and qualify for membership of the European Community single market next year and full monetary union by 1997 or later .
7	I can feel the perspiration trickling down my back .
8	DARLINGTON supporters must feel the players let down Frank Gray very badly while some will question his signings , tactics and discipline .
9	I could feel the sweat running down my face .
10	He could feel the blood draining down to his shoes .
11	If you make it a habit , you 'll soon find you are breathing evenly when you arrive and you wo n't feel the need to lie down in a darkened room to recover from your exertions !
12	This modification will bring the signal output down to earth as you reduce the volume on the guitar and should , hopefully , eliminate your buzz .
13	’ Can I do the photos sitting down , please ? ’
14	It is a good place to sit and watch the sun go down .
15	And we used to er do a food run down and they used to come up and erm And then we went along to a to a lodge meeting th the men invited us along and I remember one of the comments back in September from one of the men was , Oh well I 'm gon na be nagged back to work soon .
16	Do you remember the trams going down ?
17	Short of the holocaust , when everything will be blown away on the wind of oblivion , there is no reason to believe that we will see the lights going down on capitalism in our lifetime .
18	" When you get into the field you can see the wood sloping down to the river .
19	‘ It is an elevated green , so I did n't actually see the ball go down the hole , ’ he told BPXpress .
20	Benny could see the shutters coming down .
21	He could see the van rolling down the slope .
22	It was still dark , and he could see the rain slanting down in the light of the street lamps .
23	Even from where Beth stood , she could see the blood trickling down Cissie 's arm .
24	But having politely listened to Mrs Thatcher 's remarks and having promised to pay due attention to Whitehall 's alternative strategy , the summit made it clear that their strategy for monetary union would broadly follow the blueprint laid down .
25	This need not follow the pattern laid down by Zacchaeus but can be something as simple as turning the back on the past and seeking reconciliation with God and other people .
26	This does not mean that today 's choreographers need follow the conventions laid down by the Renaissance scholars who were more interested in the physical ability and behaviour of courtiers .
27	It sounds crazy to think some Jap mother might see a diaper floating down out of the sky lit up by flares and fires and grab it to put on her crying baby .
28	Beyond the window Carver could see a blizzard creaming down , blotting out the sea .
29	If you ca n't get more heat up there , let us move the games room down a few floors . "
30	Finally , some of the courses that were being provided did not meet the criteria laid down in the report and were clearly less effective than those which did .