Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At the time he expected to touch down the aircraft suddenly ‘ pulled down to his left ’ , he felt the back of the aircraft buckle and was aware of debris coming through the canopy . |
| 3 | He got sold down the line . |
| 4 | When his father , frustrated after years as a POW , returned , he tried to lay down the law . |
| 5 | He tried to break down the father-role position doctors held , so the patients could feel more relaxed and see him almost as an equal . |
| 6 | ‘ He has gone down a treat with the members , who have a lot of affection for him , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Most important of all he has run down a number of performances previously unknown . |
| 8 | It is also a rather different exhibition conceptually : Alfonso Perez Sanchez , former Director of the Prado and co-organiser of the show , has declared that he wants the Spanish to get to know ‘ the real Ribera ’ , which means that he has whittled down the number of works . |
| 9 | So far he has tracked down the chemical 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid . |
| 10 | Talking about his future , Keith says that he has turned down an approach from Rugby and it 's up to Gloucester now whether they keep him on . |
| 11 | He has dumped down the notes for a greyhound , has given his heart to the beast , and is derided for this by his friends in the pub . |
| 12 | He has put down a Commons motion condemning the Defence Secretary for ‘ the arbitrary action which he is taking to extinguish the ancient rights of common [ … ] for political reasons to prevent the women 's peace camp from continuing their peaceful demonstrations ’ . |
| 13 | In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try . |
| 14 | He 's just a bit , he needs to calm down a bit cos he 's not got , he 's got quite a nice face . |
| 15 | Now as he comes out of the roundabout he starts overtaking down the offside of those vehicles . |
| 16 | Sir Jimmy Savile says he wants to close down the world-famous Spinal Injuries Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital … but only because he 'd like the hospital to run out of patients . |
| 17 | ‘ This , ’ he says slapping down a copy of THE FACE — bare-chested Marky Mark on its cover — with an air of triumphalism , ‘ is more homoerotic than our pictures ! ’ |
| 18 | He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained , he craved to ask for more . |
| 19 | Word spread : Osvaldo had died of malaria ; he 'd been shot in the back by X. Ray ; he 'd fallen down a cliff . |
| 20 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 21 | After all this time of wondering , when her instincts told her that he was in love with her yet he seemed to draw down a shutter between them so often , it seemed almost too good to be true . |
| 22 | When Mr Tomlinson had changed the train indicator board on the EMU for its return journey , he turned to look down the platform . |
| 23 | Sharpe spurred down to the crossroads , touched his hat to the old ladies who were staring with alarm at the two horsemen , then he turned to gaze down the long southwards road that led to Charleroi . |
| 24 | Even so , his discussion of the contradiction between progressive forces of production and reactionary elements in the relations of production arguably distinguishes between rock and the older ‘ bourgeois hit ’ too starkly , for he tends to play down the survival of older elements in rock production , form and performance , as well as neglecting divergences of social use and interpretation , and differences of content . |
| 25 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
| 26 | He shouted her name , but she only let him in after he threatened to kick down the door . |
| 27 | Ho 's voice was as sharp as Tina 's as , with sudden determination , he began to slither down the cold , wet , acrid-smelling earth . |
| 28 | When he had rolled a bundle together he began to take down the tent , grabbing at the guy ropes . |
| 29 | He lacks social adroitness , or any kind of personal magnetism , as he struggles to hold down a charmless job which depends on the goodwill of others . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |