Example sentences of "and [vb base] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | come and sit down the front here to . |
| 2 | These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national-bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force . |
| 3 | In spite of the temptation to get the car warmed up , I switch off the engine and wind down the window . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 5 | On reaching the bothy , turn south and head down the valley . |
| 6 | The following graph gives a general idea of how quickly the real value of those customers ' accounts erode if they are not collected and slip down the scale to customer 5 . |
| 7 | This would save energy and cut down the risk of fires . |
| 8 | 2 nurses can perform a dressing more efficiently and cut down the length of time a wound is exposed and at risk and the number of times hands need to be washed . |
| 9 | Jump the gap and make your way down the steps and platforms to another ladder , pick up another crate to your left and climb down the ladder , kill the workman and run right ( out of the building ) , get on the lift and jump into the little room ( this contains a couple of records ) , get the crate and climb up the ladder to kill the last workman , get on the lift to your left and go to the top , jump onto the platform , and the next , and the next , until you reach the furthest one where there 's an extra life . |
| 10 | He taxied in and show down the engine , where upon hit promptly seized-up solid , never to run again . |
| 11 | Sapt will get the key from the Duke and let down the drawbridge . |
| 12 | In the first place compost is made from a carefully balanced mixture of animal wastes ( the nitrogen fraction from which the soil bacteria are built up ) and vegetable matter ( the carbon fraction which provides the energy with which the bacteria heat and break down the heap ) . |
| 13 | The stickiness drenched her genitals , and spread down the inside of her legs . |
| 14 | Gabriel blushed violently and felt the sweat spring through his palms and trickle down the hilt of his tin sword . |
| 15 | After selecting number 2 into the current colour box , go to FUNCTION in the top menu bar and hold down the mouse button . |
| 16 | The rest of your army is there purely to support these guys and tie down the enemy while your core units get to work . |
| 17 | Then advance at the charge , in line abreast , and ride down the usurper 's camp . |
| 18 | Burkett 's daughter would saddle up a horse and ride down the east shore of Derwent Water to the Lodore landing stage . |
| 19 | From the start , go right and pick up two crates , now kill the guard and the policeman , get the third crate and travel down the lift , at the bottom go right and kill the policeman , keep going right until you fall off the edge of the platform . |
| 20 | She was reacting to the soft note in his voice , letting it wash over her and slow down the beat of her heart . |
| 21 | First , remove the strings , then slacken the truss rod completely and sight down the edge of the neck from the headstock end . |
| 22 | Carry out another playing test to check for fret buzz and sight down the fingerboard again to see if the main body of the neck is straight . |
| 23 | Initially , the system worked well : Federconsorzi used its national clout to bid up the price of farmers ' crops and bargain down the cost of their supplies . |
| 24 | ‘ It is a country with opportunities , ’ said Steve : and off they went again , with their second-hand opinions , their echoes of overheard conversations , their phrases from advertisements and tabloid newspapers : and yet to Shirley there was perhaps something comfortable , despite all , something reassuring about the hands of cards , the button and matchstick money , the green baize of the table , the predictable , ancient jokes , the cigarette ends in the big red ashtray : there was safety here , of a sort , safety in repetition , safety in familiar faces and frustrations , and warmth of a sort , warmth and communion of a sort , society of a sort : the society she had discovered as a teenager , when she would slip surreptitiously out of the icy silence of Abercorn Avenue , where the clock ticked relentlessly on the kitchen wall , where Liz propped her textbooks against the Peek Frean biscuit tin on the kitchen table , where her mother sat in the front room listening to the radio , cutting up newspapers ; she would let herself quietly out of the back door and creep down the passage , past the outside lav , through the back gate , round the corner , and then she would run for it , along Hilldrop Crescent , down The Grove , up Brindleford Drive , and across the main road at the lights to Victoria Street , where Cliff and Steve and their sister Marge lived . |
| 25 | An employer 's determination to maintain plant operations ( possibly via the use of strikebreakers ) and stare down the opposition through a protracted strike carries a high risk of violence . |
| 26 | Press into a little china , glass or glazed earthenware pot or terrine and smooth down the top . |
| 27 | A touch of Wella High Hair Soft Wax was rubbed through the hair to break up the texture and smooth down the coarseness of the hair . |
| 28 | This would drive up the price of securities and drive down the rate of interest . |
| 29 | The two cars swing out of the palace gates , and disappear down the avenue . |
| 30 | Next time you go shopping , make a list of five different types of goods and note down the way each was priced . |