Example sentences of "they [vb base] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the front door , as she watched them go down the garden path , with their jolly waves and their toothpaste smiles , Viola shouted : ‘ And if you see that father of yours again , you can tell him it wo n't do . |
| 2 | I mean that there 's half of them go down the dock now , they do n't do anything . |
| 3 | WALES skipper Gareth Llewellyn hopes his side can reach their target of six wins out of six when they bring down the curtain on their African tour against the South African Barbarians in Windhoek today . |
| 4 | Once spinning , they are difficult to stop , and they flash down the slopes in a series of great leaps and bounds , making a loud whirring noise , and travel sometimes for hundreds of metres . |
| 5 | And you have to pay the little boys to guard your bikes otherwise they let down the tyres . |
| 6 | Notice is set to go up in the local regsistrar 's office on Thursday , just 48 hours before they walk down the aisle . |
| 7 | As they walk down the landing all you hear is , ‘ Nonce , nonce , nonce , nonce . ’ |
| 8 | It 's what they put down the lavatory to disinfect the pan only they give it another name . ’ |
| 9 | They put down the wheelbarrow . |
| 10 | Basically they do the same job , that is they break down the structure of the hair and reset them with a neutraliser , but are made without animal testing , contain naturally derived ingredients and are biodegradable . |
| 11 | The way they joke about their LP going to 207 ‘ with an anchor ’ , the way they break down the myths of the American Dream and the Troubles back home … |
| 12 | Once introduced , always at the initiative of the Government , Criminal Justice Bills are rolling stones gathering accretions as they travel down the Westminster hillside towards their final destination on the statute book . |
| 13 | This means they slow down the volatility rate of the top and middle notes thus improving on the ‘ staying power ’ of the perfume . |
| 14 | Mr Grierson explained : ‘ You get the real fans stopping their cars at the top of the hill and then playing Dire Strait 's Going Home — the theme from the film — as they drive down the brae . |
| 15 | Such an organisational structure entails long chains of command , with the consequence that there is great potential for the distortion of instructions from senior managers as they pass down the hierarchy . |
| 16 | The second point is that many people lean forwards as they slap down the opponent 's punch and so you need to remember that there are two fists to worry about here , not one ! |
| 17 | Some of them will be practising meditation exercises before they swoop down the ramp from a platform to begin their few minutes of profound torture . |
| 18 | They go down the mines , herd cattle , tend sewers — you must admit that . ’ |
| 19 | One of the worst forms of slavery today is practised by the developed countries when they keep down the prices of basic products by subsidizing and dumping products and so competing with those that are vital for the countries of the Third World2 . ’ |
| 20 | But they 're worried that if they turn down the property they may not get another . |
| 21 | The men climb ladders to reach the most inaccessible fruit while the women collect apples in hessian sacks which they heave down the field slung over their backs . |
| 22 | And then they slide down the leaf and into the water . |
| 23 | ‘ In 1986 they shut down the mine and offered all the workers a pay-off . |
| 24 | They investigate , interrogate , sift every scrap of evidence until they narrow down the field . |
| 25 | Eventually Finn escapes , meets a runaway nigger , and together they escape down the Mississippi in a raft . |