Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doctor struggled to keep himself from slipping down the glowing tunnel , which he had entered first . |
| 2 | Sivell seems to have the old and young balanced quite well and he will have to stop himself from dusting down the mantlepiece once more . |
| 3 | He comes , and after a heated discussion he commits himself to closing down the factory by 1992 . |
| 4 | Noticing a badly dressed woman while driving in Knightsbridge , she ca n't restrain herself from rolling down the window and crying out ‘ Why ? ’ in sheer exasperation . |
| 5 | Now I promise to devote myself to bringing down the costs of your mortgages because I believe that people should be able to own their own homes and to own them cheaply . ’ |
| 6 | His aunt had always kept the door locked , fearing that children might venture into the mill and hurt themselves by tumbling down the ladders . |
| 7 | To raise themselves by pulling down the Seven . |