Example sentences of "pull down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no need to worry if someone asks you to ‘ pull down the elephant 's trunk ’ — why ? |
| 2 | Their importance to the level of employment at the port was recognised by the journeymen carpenters who in 1792 let it be known that if the slave trade were abolished they would riot and pull down the houses of leading abolitionists . |
| 3 | I managed to wriggle my hands out of the tape so I could pull down the gag , poke my head out of the sack and breathe more freely . |
| 4 | The western sun would scorch and dazzle and we would pull down the blinds in the compartment . |
| 5 | She rolled onto her side to let him pull down the zip of her dress . |
| 6 | A wider use of existing methods of contraception among non-users — and a reduction in the use of the IUD , which has a high failure rate — would pull down the abortion rate 46 per cent . |
| 7 | Wherever we can , whenever tenants want it , and where resources allow , we will pull down the eyesores which have blotted our cityscapes and too often provided breeding grounds for crime and delinquency . |