Example sentences of "run down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We run down the other end and have a go at Sunderland fans … and like against Villa when they all got pushed onto the pitch … we 're all in there … |
| 2 | I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor . |
| 3 | Councils argued that rather than run down the home-help service it was better to charge those who could afford to pay and keep the total level of service . |
| 4 | According to the Keynesian theory , firms and households will attempt to run down the excess money balances they are being forced to hold by buying bonds . |
| 5 | Before Christine or Ann or any of the other girls playing realised what was happening , the pram began to run down the steep bank , gathering speed at every turn of its wheels . |
| 6 | If the Government decide to run down the nuclear industry , apart from the loss of 120,000 jobs in the north-west , in the area that I represent , would it be possible to meet the Government 's target for reduced carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 , let alone by the year 2000 , under the Labour party 's policy ? |
| 7 | Your spine runs down the centre of the body , so the corresponding foot reflex will be found running down the inside edge of both feet . |
| 8 | Then followed a cruise round Zeeland and Fünen before passing once more through the Keil Canal , running down the Dutch coast and crossing the North Sea to Harwich . |
| 9 | Josh stifled a yawn and opened the Register of Membership , running down the long list of names and pencilling question-marks against those who were old or infirm or generally unreliable . |
| 10 | The broad white scar against the deeply tanned skin was visible for all to see , running down the full length of the back from between the shoulder-blades . |
| 11 | The king 's highway , an important trade route , ran down the eastern plateau . |
| 12 | ‘ So I 've noticed , ’ said Meredith , and he pushed past him impatiently and ran down the grand staircase in search of Bunny . |
| 13 | Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff . |
| 14 | The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below . |
| 15 | He only hoped that no one was watching him , as he almost ran down the unlit passage and out of the back door . |
| 16 | Dennis ran down the concrete slope and leapt in as the craft relaunched itself with a loud splash , taking on quite a lot of water . |
| 17 | Then he ran down the wooden stair , through the house , out to the lower lawn . |
| 18 | Ruth went out of the house and ran down the steep moorland path all the way to Ilkley . |
| 19 | Well ran down the bottom bit ! |
| 20 | In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’ |
| 21 | Tears ran down the old man 's cheeks when he heard that . |
| 22 | But Jack had only one thought as he and Tina ran down the broken tarmac of the estate road , finally arriving breathless at the front door of the Shepherd 's house . |
| 23 | A single globular tear crept from the white blank of Telemachus ' eye and ran down the giant mask . |
| 24 | More experimental work in oils runs down the central spine of the exhibition including as it does both the ring form Sea and Rocks ( 534 ) and the hessian Collage in Brown of Trees ( 34 ) . |
| 25 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |