Example sentences of "down [coord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she tried to imagine herself working in an office or a bank , her mind soon went blank , like a cinema screen when the projector breaks down or the film snaps . |
| 2 | I have to bless this tower before it falls down or the masons perish of liver-rot . ’ |
| 3 | If the ship goes down or the basket gets broken , that 's what happens . |
| 4 | Nothing was heard apart from the sound of lead boots walking up and down or the revving of a motorbike . |
| 5 | Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way . |
| 6 | As it settles down and the chances of ever attaining the radical goals become ever more remote , members begin to shift their attention to the routine satisfactions of just ‘ being a member ’ . |
| 7 | After some initial encouraging noises from Jim Callaghan , the Labour Party turned this request down and the NILP was allowed to go to the wall in the near-war situation that the province had become by the early '70s . |
| 8 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 9 | The original loft had been taken down and the balustrade removed to the west end to form a gallery . |
| 10 | Operating expenses were down and the company has $1.1 billion in cash . |
| 11 | The sun was down and the night wind boomed in the great hollow shell of the estuary . |
| 12 | The Creed Street School remained in this form until 1891 , when the Headmaster 's house was pulled down and the school extended . |
| 13 | so you could pull it up and down and the effects went out the bottom of the tube , the tube came up like that and it came over , and like that and then the shade would be like that and then you could swing it round |
| 14 | These islands , of which there are about forty , are made out of layers of tortora reeds , and each year the islanders must add fresh straw as the floor is tramped down and the bottom of the island rots . |
| 15 | The birds hopped and sang for perhaps two minutes ; then the mechanism began to run down and the birds hopped more and more slowly and heavily , the twittering drew itself out in gasps . |
| 16 | Flight Lt McNally was navigating the Hercules when it went down and the RAF are still conducting an inquiry into the incident which happened 10 miles north east of Blair Atholl . |
| 17 | Once the tantrum or violence has calmed down and the child has stopped fighting and crying he or she can get up off the chair . |
| 18 | It is not easy to find enough foster parents to care for very difficult children ; all too often fostering breaks down and the child has to be returned again to the reception centre . |
| 19 | If given moderate light , the growth is slowed down and the leaves become small and dark green . |
| 20 | Differences are played down and the self surrendered in what can become a metaphysical experience of the kind described by John Donne : |
| 21 | Shops had their blinds drawn down and the shopkeepers stood in their doorways as a mark of respect . |
| 22 | ‘ I know that because his cigar had burned down and the ash had dropped twice off the end of it . ’ |
| 23 | The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn . |
| 24 | To change to the suction mode , the air intake grille is flipped down and the nozzle screwed into place |
| 25 | It 's just the works like a trade union thing , they sit down and the management 'll tell them , or the workforce 'll say what about this , that and the other |
| 26 | ‘ It was a motor-cyclist , he was knocked down and the driver did n't stop . ’ |
| 27 | A car slows down and the driver leans out of the window — ‘ Hey , are you Me Phi Me ? |
| 28 | The eastern trade never disappeared , but trading posts were being closed down and the Indies were losing their hold on people 's attention . |
| 29 | Yeah it 's a I would guess that this er we you know , when they come down and the strips and they go back up again , it looks as if perhaps that 's what 's happened here because the the rope has sort of got this twist in it and one imagines that when they jump down it 's not quite er er right and so perhaps he 's on his way back up again . |
| 30 | look at Bryony , with that red peaked hood and , and the front of this rain cover hanging down and the back bit all punched up at the back |