Example sentences of "down the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nursing staff at the famous Beeson Ward had hoped for a last minute reprieve , but the Health Authority stuck by its decision to close down the only ward in the country where nurses , not doctors , have the responsibility for admitting and discharging patients . |
| 2 | Blunset listened carefully , jotting down the odd note in his notebook and headed off down the corridor . |
| 3 | Chilled though she was by the bleakness of his voice , it was not enough to damp down the new life in her head . |
| 4 | Photo : Suttons Looking down the 15th hole in the early 1970's . |
| 5 | When her aunt was dressed she walked slowly down the narrow staircase in front of her in case , in her weak state , she should stumble . |
| 6 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 7 | When Suleiman Franjieh refused to accept the growing Phalangist relationship with Israel in 1977 , Pierre Gemayel 's son Bashir — destined himself to be elected president of Lebanon — sent his gunmen to the north Lebanese town of Ehden to cut down the young man in whom Franjieh had vested all his hopes . |
| 8 | As the last echoes of American drawl died away we scrambled up the final pitch and slithered down the dangerous descent in near darkness . |
| 9 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 10 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 11 | Ciba 's top management hopes this will help break down the hierarchical system in which many of their middle management had become too passive , and encourage more individual initiative . |
| 12 | Troops trying to put down the ethnic conflict in South Ossetia ( in which Dzhava was one of the principal centres ) were transferred to relief operations . |
| 13 | ‘ So I 've noticed , ’ said Meredith , and he pushed past him impatiently and ran down the grand staircase in search of Bunny . |
| 14 | Mr Sillars accused the leadership of unravelling ten years of work by party activists — a reference to the SNP decision to vote with the Tories to bring down the Labour government in 1979 which led to the taunt ‘ Tartan Tories ’ . |
| 15 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 16 | But the military were accused of intimidation by the opposition ; their role in putting down the pro-democracy uprising in nineteen eighty eight , has n't been forgotten . |
| 17 | There were outbreaks of violence in the Borders and down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh . |
| 18 | We should not find it easy to go for a single currency if we had already moved down the federalist route in a dangerous way on foreign and defence policies . |
| 19 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 20 | ‘ Between the top of Skiddaw and the Lake of Bassenthwaite the numerous narrow openings are happily described by Housman … ‘ on looking down the profound precipice in almost any direction the eye recoils with horror . |
| 21 | This programme should help to slow down the yearly fall in production . |
| 22 | Mr Des Wilson , the Liberal Democrat campaign manager , played down the racial element in the vote that defeated Mr Taylor , saying : ‘ We won that seat on the merits of our campaign , not because a few votes for the Tory may have been influenced by the colour of their candidate 's skin . ’ |
| 23 | Nutty practised the crawl in her bath and the water dripped down the light cord in the dining-room below and collected in the glass bowl-shaped shade . |
| 24 | At harvest services when the church was crowded and extra seats were needed the stewards simply borrowed what chairs they could get form the neighbours living down the White Row in Carrickblacker Road . |
| 25 | Fairfax is driving down the same track in the opposite direction . |
| 26 | When I drive down the same street in my Ferrari they extend a finger . ’ |
| 27 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |