Example sentences of "try [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Downing Street tried to dampen down the story , saying the press officer had not mentioned anything about ‘ whingers ’ . |
| 2 | Bloomsbury House tried to dampen down the enthusiasm for Lyons — the uniforms were very expensive to provide — but many ended up working there . |
| 3 | Those closest to Camilla yesterday tried to play down the scandal . |
| 4 | We tried to play down the tackiness , but it did n't work . |
| 5 | At the CPSU congress currently in session Gorbachev tried to play down the significance of the strikes , claiming that the " general strike " urged by independent miner 's leaders had not materialized . |
| 6 | Delaney tried to play down the fear in his voice — fear for her . |
| 7 | Strikingly , MITI frequently tried to slow down the rate of accumulation to avoid overcapacity , a problem exacerbated by the increasing size of new plants which reduced the number to be built each year . |
| 8 | When his father , frustrated after years as a POW , returned , he tried to lay down the law . |
| 9 | The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science , declaring that the sun went round the earth . |
| 10 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 11 | Vandals tried to burn down the school in Milton Keynes at the weekend . |
| 12 | Is n't it true that someone tried to burn down the barn your Sparrowgrass was stabled in a month ago ? |
| 13 | The 26 Tory rebels who tried to bring down the government |
| 14 | Let us not constantly try to talk down the coal industry . |
| 15 | As a general point , you should try to tie down the enemy 's best unit while you use your core troops to see off his second best troops . |
| 16 | Read it aloud half a dozen times then try to set down the framework and some key ‘ trigger words ’ on half a dozen index cards . |
| 17 | They try to ram down the throat of the public what the public quite rightly does not want . |
| 18 | Hawke tries to shoot down the rebel pilots : Robert Milliken reports on a bitter dispute which could cost the Australian government A100m dollars |
| 19 | VIOLENT aftermath of a failed diamond robbery as the gang tries to track down the turncoat . |
| 20 | Some countries have tried to slow down the exodus by insisting that players can not leave before a certain age , usually 28 , or until they have completed their national service . |
| 21 | VANDALS have tried to cut down the tree which has become a shrine to rock star Marc Bolan . |
| 22 | They believe the council , aware of its weak case in favour of the barrage , is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition . |
| 23 | He is now trying to pull down the house about the ears of Winchester 's Tories . |
| 24 | But I 'm trying to track down the man who brutally murdered Sandy , your sister . |
| 25 | He got an outside line dialled the law courts and asked to speak to Luciano Bartocci.While he waited he looked round his office with a deepening frown , trying to track down the detail which had been altered . |
| 26 | He and Jeff were out most of the time , trying to track down the speedboat , for which a popular local search had been mounted , and he was hardly ever at the villa . |
| 27 | Sure , there was a barman with a problem trying to bust down the door . |
| 28 | The Foreign Office is trying to play down the row but officials concede it could be some time before both sides talk again . |
| 29 | So this statement could be him trying to play down the incident … remember there were a few incidents where cuntona was reported to have stormed off to france . |
| 30 | The Benefits Agency is trying to play down the NAO findings , putting them down to administrative delays rather than errors . |