Example sentences of "down [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have n't put him down for a nursery school- ! |
| 2 | Then , and only then , begin the side-slip and use up sufficient height to be sure that full airbrake will be more than adequate to get down for a spot landing . |
| 3 | Shirts that left Comme des Garçons with a one-hundred-pound price tag will be knocked down for a bargain price ; and a man 's shirt that looks good on a woman will cost more than the men-only variety . |
| 4 | Just one of the six keyboards on test came close to meeting the criteria I initially laid down for a replacement keyboard , the Fuller FDS. Even here the poor workmanship left much to be desired . |
| 5 | Sarah Murray was recently turned down for a catwalk show because her walk was n't suitable . |
| 6 | Er when we have erm when you come down for , you know if if if we decide that this is for you , er when you come down for a training course they expect to see a car . |
| 7 | The complex is closed down as a safety precaution whenever gales of more than 80mph are forecast . |
| 8 | Then we were lifted down through a trap door and laid on a mattress . |
| 9 | The turning point for them came when their car broke down after a family christening . |
| 10 | Among the projects carried out were the creation of two folk museums , the laying out of public parks and gardens ; a nature trail ; a children 's playground ; the restoration of an old ‘ Norse ’ mill , and the laying down of a car park for a small craft shop . |
| 11 | Fifteen years was quite adequate for the necessary stages of component research , reduction of options , testing of prototypes , laying down of a production line , through to full-scale manufacture . |
| 12 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
| 13 | But the Hilder revealed itself , running down like a tinsel thread , crossed at one point by stepping stones , at another by the massive stone pillars that once had supported an aqueduct bringing water to the buildings of the Goughdale Mine . |
| 14 | The concussion of the exploding wave drove me down like a steam hammer . |
| 15 | She levered his arm up and down like a pump handle , then turning to the card players said : ‘ Bob , Joe , Mr Loveitt , Dr Plumb , ladies … you know Mr Godschalk from Bretyard and Pope Insurance Office . ’ |
| 16 | The client who was not convinced and pacified by what his dealer said would not only refuse to trade further with him , but would not sleep easy at night , tormented by the thoughts of his investments tossing up and down like a rowing boat in a stormy sea . |
| 17 | He — he — ’ Her voice ran down like a phonograph record . |
| 18 | His ‘ zeal for privatisation , ’ says a Welsh nationalist MP hopefully , ‘ will go down like a rat sandwich ’ in the valleys . |
| 19 | Normally following that kind of response the ramp idea would go down like a lead balloon . |
| 20 | ‘ I bet this would go down like a lead balloon if it was known in Grantley police station . |
| 21 | Anyway these questions go down like a lead balloon . |
| 22 | And you get silences on the phone and you 're thinking this is going down like a lead balloon . |
| 23 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 24 | The Conservatives had clearly let the economy overheat for electoral advantage in 1955 , but as soon as the election was over , clamped down with a credit squeeze and requests to trim expenditure below the agreed levels . |
| 25 | Yeah right I 'll put him down with a question mark . |
| 26 | Top the whole thing off with a dessert of chocolate mousse in strawberry sauce and wash it down with a Bordeaux red . |
| 27 | Five pirates were on their feet , and another man was lying down with a head wound . |
| 28 | The 30-year-old Warwickshire captain was the selectors ' choice after Lewis broke down with a groin strain . |
| 29 | She raised it high in the air and brought it down with a crash right on the top of the wretched Bruce Bogtrotter 's head and pieces flew all over the platform . |
| 30 | He settled down with a dance student called Jane , then ‘ one day I was sitting with her in a train station and I realised I 'd been staring at a bloke for about ten minutes ’ . |