Example sentences of "down [prep] the other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above indicates that there is far more to negotiating than sitting down opposite the other party and trying to bargain . |
| 2 | There is a fire-tinge of violence to it here in New York , as there is to everything in this city , which just wo n't slow down like the other city did and get more innocent and less crazy and less dirty-colourful . |
| 3 | The slogans are just ‘ Vote for our party ’ or ( more often ) ‘ Down with the other party ’ . |
| 4 | It actually comes down to then , a more local area could be eighteen to twenty into Harlow , and then as you break down into the other figures , that then comes into a road and a postcode will actually go down to about fifteen houses in total , by putting your door number at the end of it , it makes it identifiable to your premises . |
| 5 | On either side of him the warders looked down onto the other landings , watching for any signs of unrest amongst those below . |
| 6 | The Franco-German axis styles itself as the leading force in the Community and , while both countries make explicit reference to their special relationship in speeches in each other 's countries , the primacy of this alliance is clearly played down in the other countries of the EC , not least because it negates the whole point of having a community . |
| 7 | I put the suitcase down on the other bed and began packing the contents of the drawers into it . |
| 8 | to get down on the other platform and to wave , |
| 9 | Tossing his case over the top of it , he scrambled up and dropped lightly down on the other side . |
| 10 | Looking up at the north-facing slope ahead you would see snow and ice and you would tremble , but you would know that coming down on the other side , you would walk in sunshine , through green grass and sweet-smelling flowers . |
| 11 | She sat down on the other side of the desk . |
| 12 | Masklin ran over the shoe , jumped down on the other side , and ran on . |
| 13 | A hundred yards down on the other side of the road a knot of men were gathered . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've a hunch , ’ he said , putting the heavy volume down on the other side of the board to the knives and the water . |
| 15 | By the light of the fires he could see Paul already sitting cross-legged on a buffalo skin by the pholy , and he sank gratefully down on the other side of him . |
| 16 | She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated . |
| 17 | She preferred the additional wearisome walk , half an hour up and half an hour back down on the other side , to bothering one of these absorbed people . |
| 18 | Clinging to this assurance , Isabel listened to the rain beating down on the other side of the wall and refused to think about her peculiar reactions to fitzAlan any longer . |
| 19 | He grunted by way of greeting as the fat widow dumped herself down on the other chair , but did not raise his eyes from his reading . |
| 20 | Peskova stepped over the woman and brought the heavy stone down on the other arm . |
| 21 | Spooning the garlic and ginger paste into the snapper and over their skin , he dropped the first three fish on to the grill and called down to the other Latinos to bring plates and cutlery from the galley . |
| 22 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 23 | Malleson carried my things down to the other block under his greatcoat and I followed him down the path about twenty yards behind . |
| 24 | Libby would not watch ; she hated the high-pitched squealing as the rabbits panicked , hearing a stick thump or a shot ring out , seeing the warm fur parting in the breeze as someone threw it down beside the other corpses . |
| 25 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're lucky you 're up this end of the Cages with us because there 's … ’ and here he dropped his voice into a horrified whisper , ‘ … there 's a couple of vultures down at the other end . |
| 27 | It was just I , I went down they played Liverpool in the cup about that era , and the , the wall was pushed down at the Street end but erm the people just spilled on the pitch and I do n't think anyone was really hurt , this happened when they played er Liverpool in the cup a couple of years ago the wall was pushed down at the other end on that occasion , but er there was just one , one person hurt but there was n't anybody very seriously injured as I understand |
| 28 | ‘ They will have gone down by the other side , ’ said Allan Stewart , ‘ it is their quickest way . ’ |