Example sentences of "down the [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | P.C. Foster took down the relevant particulars and then escorted Woolridge to the cells . |
| 2 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 3 | ‘ I love you ! ’ he said shakingly , and bent his dark head to kiss her , desire flaring between them , relief mingling sweetly with it , their mouths clinging and their arms round each other obsessively , twining together like bindweeds on that hot terrace with the scarlet bougainvillaea trailing down the dusty cliffs and the sea glittering turquoise beyond . |
| 4 | With the RAF closing down the adjacent airfield and it going on the market next year , YAM ‘ hope to expand and seek to continue to expand ’ , remarked Ian . |
| 5 | Throw them down the bloody banisters and then lock them up . |
| 6 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 7 | The treaty was eventually ratified but the crisis brought down the Kishi government and produced the most widespread political protests of the postwar years . |
| 8 | She could do nothing but batten down the conversational hatches and wait until the storm blew itself out . |
| 9 | Then you ride out alone , across the springing grass all beset with tiny jewel-like flowers ; you ride up the rushy mountains and down the rushy glens and come to the mouth of the dragon 's cave . |
| 10 | The wind whipped down the narrow side-streets and alleys , whistling in the wide estuaries . |
| 11 | Sex equality slipped far down the political agenda and women had to fight hard to retain the rights they had won in the 1960s and 1970s on abortion , welfare benefits , maternity and employment rights . |
| 12 | The man now walked down the central aisle and halted beside the projector , where he turned and spoke . |
| 13 | Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this . |
| 14 | But stolid stonewalling makes for poor copy and dull viewing , and eventually they let him go , although even then a few of the younger and hungrier among them followed him down the wide staircase and out into Piazza Matteotti , hoping for a belated indiscretion . |
| 15 | Coat each hair with a fine translucent film which smooths down the rough surface & seals the hair to prevent moisture loss . |
| 16 | Weirder — and better — still , watching NICK CAVE while standing 18 inches away from the stage is akin to catching the alarmingly gaunt one down the blinking Bull & Gate . |
| 17 | It is hoped that it will provide a flexible structure which can be refined and developed and which may help to break down the monolithic structure and mystical nature of the subject . |
| 18 | I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |
| 21 | Yeah , yeah , like I come down the other week and I |
| 22 | Go down the two ladders and enter the second door , walk down the steps and onto the stage , then it 's under the spotlight to perform all those great songs the Blues Brothers are famous for . |
| 23 | First , how to persuade other member states not to insist on proposals which take us down the federal route and , second , how to avoid agreeing to wording which would be inconsistent with the wishes of the British parliament and electorate , while at the same time trying to reach an agreement . |
| 24 | He only hoped that no one was watching him , as he almost ran down the unlit passage and out of the back door . |
| 25 | Biggins is regarded as the GM Vauxhall Conference 's most gifted midfielder , and with Brighton sliding down the Second Division and £2.5 million in the red , the 29-year-old says he is determined to put on a show that will humiliate the home side . |
| 26 | The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Cut down the grooming time but do it quickly , efficiently and calmly . |
| 29 | From ‘ above ’ , a left government could attempt to gain control over the deployment of investment funds , in particular the surplus income of the personal sector , while from ‘ below ’ workers could struggle for democratic control over the particular enterprises which employ them , breaking down the managerial hierarchies and commercial secrecy of these enterprises . |
| 30 | You can put down the concrete base and build the kit garage yourself ; lay the base but let the garage manufacturer build it ; or leave everything to him . |