Example sentences of "down the [adj] [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
| 2 | Over the rainbow with John McCarthy and Jill Morrell , sliding down the greasy pole with Alison Halford and fighting all the way with Barbara Castle . |
| 3 | Katherine put down the empty glass with a start , she had n't realized that she had been drinking . |
| 4 | Maman put down the loaded fork with a sigh and turned to Twomey at the sideboard : " Please give Miss Nicandra a clean plate and help her to some spinach . " |
| 5 | Plainly you can not apply that view to everything or the whole of your business is in a continuous state of stop/go , or like the good old Duke of York 's troops , marching up and down the same hill with monotonous regularity . |
| 6 | I went down the wrong route with the referrals and |