Example sentences of "to [adv] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What else if I , I have to go and relieve er if I want er to only work down the cabin and it come to meal times cos we carried on dredging from six in the morning we do al all the winters round cos they eat on the dredger they used to eat three winches four winches on the dredger cos they 'd heave the dredger across the river and back again , wo when they come to meal times I used to have to go on and relieve the man what was driving that winch and I used t cos the er er chins coming round the barrel of the winch they used to override and I used to have a handle to knock them clear . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Pontefract and Castleford ( Mr. Lofthouse ) asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that he believes should have urgent consideration , namely , ’ the effect on unemployment of the announcement by British Coal to further run down the coal industry in his own and in neighbouring constituencies . ’ |
| 3 | Furthermore , it may be in Big 's interest to deliberately slow down the progress of an acquisition possibly to await the occurrence of certain events or to put pressure on the vendor . |
| 4 | 5.1 to also lays down the permitted hours for off-sale premises . |
| 5 | It will not do to simply write down the answers . |
| 6 | Langbaurgh 's Leisure Services Officer , Max Coleby , said : ‘ As far as road races are concerned we are having to financially batten down the hatches this year and all events will be self-financing . |
| 7 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 8 | This one is called a walk- easy very effective , particularly good for people with arthritic hands because erm it does n't take an awful lot to actually press down the top . |