Example sentences of "take down the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing is more important than that we should take down the barriers — like National Insurance and pensions — which stand in the way of new employment and job mobility . |
| 2 | TAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS |
| 3 | Of course they could n't all be allowed to hide behind the columns of the nave or squat upon the font , and so the stewards took down the barriers and let them flood into my side . |
| 4 | I took down the curtains , the pretty curtains that she had made , because they hid my window and made the earth smaller . |
| 5 | I proudly took down the details in my pristine notebook and could n't wait to read the proof as soon as my painstaking , if short , report was set . |
| 6 | But the controller there took down the details incorrectly and sent an ambulance to Falkirk . |
| 7 | Spruce took down the names she gave him without comment . |
| 8 | ‘ He cast me in the role of a sort of footballing Dick Whittington , and took down the vases from the mantelpiece to represent my stepping-stones to fame , ’ Bastin recalls . |
| 9 | He sat down in the living room into which she ushered him and observed , ‘ You 've taken down the decorations . ’ |
| 10 | The holes for the cold feeds must be at least 30mm above the base of the cistern to prevent any dirt or debris in the bottom of the cistern being taken down the pipes . |
| 11 | First : take down the barriers standing in the way of success . |
| 12 | The fire brigade were called in to take down the ropes that year . ) |
| 13 | Said Doran : ‘ We got notice to take down the signs and did that . |
| 14 | Phil , who graduated in Physics in 1987 , invited fellow students and staff to take part in the sponsored abseil and received such a positive response that he had to take down the posters advertising the idea after 48 people volunteered . |