Example sentences of "it down [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth had noticed the lighthouse on her flight back to England two years previously , and had marked it down as a place that she must see . |
| 2 | I 'll mark it down as a stray . ’ |
| 3 | There 's no need to actually to put it down as a recommendation that stays forever more , there 's just no need for it . |
| 4 | The slogans were in ill-formed , illiterate script and Owen at first put it down as the work of children ; not the children who went to the kuttub , who were infants , but older youths . |
| 5 | He turned the door handle slowly , the automatic gripped in his fist , held high so that he could swing it down into a firing position if necessary . |
| 6 | Returning to the bedroom she crept back to the bed , raised the knife and without a moment 's thought drove it down into the sleeper 's chest . |
| 7 | If the gull has the nerve to dive at them , an auntie may even grab it by the feet and pull it down into the water . |
| 8 | Finally , one of them placed his foot flat on the box , right over Caroline 's face , and forced it down into the grave . |
| 9 | He followed the dive-bomber round in a very tight turn and shot it down into the sea , but found that his own aircraft was by then burning fiercely . |
| 10 | Taylor/L , A G.C. O'Nion intercepted a Z.506B which made off on seeing the fighter and attempted to evade by making steep turns , but Taylor was quickly onto its tail and forced it down into the sea . |
| 11 | It was funny in my day , when I first started there you used to get , mix up some size and er in a pot , in a proper pot and take it down into the mess room and put it on the stove , coal stove , heat it up and you let it boil over there was a terrific smell about the place you can imagine , the size but that 's what we used to do in those days . |
| 12 | Laboriously , she drags it down into the tunnel and there , in the dark , she lays a single egg on the inert body . |
| 13 | There 's Black Gemmell Pearce bit long to Rozario good ball that , oh he almost chested it down into the path of Stone . |
| 14 | The horsefly larvae use their two large jaws to capture the tiny toad and pull it down into the mud where they feed on its body fluids . |
| 15 | See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor |
| 16 | The lines particularly can be more convenient than transfers because you can simply follow the original artwork like following a map , unwinding from the reel and sticking it down onto the film as you go along — though it can be fiddly on dense or complicated boards . |
| 17 | Aim at getting it down onto the ground before it reaches the bank , hooding the clubface by setting the hands well forward , to reduce the effective loft of the club . |
| 18 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 19 | There is nothing whatever to do about it , except , possibly , to put it down for a time . |
| 20 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 21 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 22 | Hankin added : ‘ We received a biggish bid for a youngster , but I turned it down for the benefit of the future of Darlington . ’ |
| 23 | I gave it a coat yesterday morning and then it hardened up and I rubbed it down with a bit of fine wire wool today |
| 24 | I stood in the middle of the road , conscious of my affrontery , flagging it down with a bundle of banknotes . |
| 25 | He gulped the syllable , taking it down with a swallow of air . |
| 26 | Top the whole thing off with a dessert of chocolate mousse in strawberry sauce and wash it down with a Bordeaux red . |
| 27 | Darius grabs a wedge , ices it with half an inch of butter , crams it in his mouth and washes it down with a can of Coke . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Freddie grabbed at his glass and took a quick swig of ale then put it down with a bang on the wooden table . |
| 30 | Jackson made his final attempt with the tea , then set it down with a grimace of distaste . |