Example sentences of "down all " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Liberty and Tyranny have no common meeting place , so protestantism and popery can not be reconciled … popery is tyrannical in every sphere of life … protestantism , at a stroke , cuts down all the shackles of superstition and priestcraft . |
| 2 | I have to get down all the colours or elements I want for the poem . |
| 3 | There 's an ecological number sung in typically spacey fashion ‘ The world 's spinning round , like a looney balloon ’ ; there 's an anti-Thatcher song summarising the Prime Minister 's lack of sensitivity in the one charge that she does n't like rock n roll ; and , proving that they are probably the only pop band ready for the single European market , there is an EC tribute : ‘ Down All The Days ( to 1992 ) ’ . |
| 4 | It was true that the chains ' capacity for negotiating good deals made it hard for the family-run business to keep going , and they had many letters offering businesses for sale , and the price of shops was coming down all the time . |
| 5 | I wish people had looked deeper and seen if for what it was — breaking down all those barriers and giving people a good time . |
| 6 | It looks like a small cottage whose thatch has forgotten to stop , running down all four walls to ground level . |
| 7 | There is no need at all to write down all your food and drink each day , although you can do this occasionally if you find it motivates you . |
| 8 | That His Majesty , understanding that the Forest Laws are grievous to the Subjects of this Kingdom … out of his Grace and Goodness to his people , is willing to lay down all the new Bounds of his Forests … reduced to the same Condition as they were before the late justices Seat held . |
| 9 | The best way to approach it is to break down all the various costs into three manageable groups ‘ Land Costs , ’ ‘ Direct Build Costs ’ and ‘ Other Costs . ’ |
| 10 | However , she had little patience with those non-conforming ministers who continually moaned and complained about their losses and dangers , and , ‘ would have no man be a minister that had not so much self denial as to lay down all at the feet of Christ , and count no cost of suffering too dear to serve Him . ’ |
| 11 | He had spent the past few months noting down all the sightings and rumours of the Bookman 's movements . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , ’ he replied sternly , ‘ and I order you to take down all that filth . ’ |
| 13 | The Social Democrats called a general strike in protest ( denounced by the leadership of the Petrograd Soviet as mob rule ) , which the Russian Governor General banned , promising to put down all disorders by force . |
| 14 | And journey he did ; from The Bar Boy would be taken home and driven at night down all those same streets down and round which he had once walked by daylight . |
| 15 | She told us : ‘ The first time I saw this lady from the Foundation for Global Unity in Canterbury , she told me I had been a young boy in one of the Balkan countries , where slaves were being used to cut down all the trees . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , you should carry out your own inspection as described in this book , and write down all the points which come to your notice . |
| 17 | How come time speeds up and slows down all at once ? |
| 18 | With a shilling guidebook that was woefully inaccurate in its measurement of distances but was the only one then available , I hunted down all the hundred holes then known ( today there are thousands ) ; it was not an easy task because many have concealed entrances , but great fun . |
| 19 | All I 'd need is a few fags to keep me awake and I 'd have my foot down all the way . |
| 20 | This is not a selective bibliography , since the authors write that they ‘ … have tried to track down all available products … ’ ( though they are unlikely to have succeeded ) . |
| 21 | Wireless , the cinema and television had not yet had the opportunity to smooth down all individuality in the spoken word and local dialect still flourished . |
| 22 | For your information , if not for your conversion , let me bring you another in the line of startling books which turn upside down all that we ever believed about the Old Testament . |
| 23 | Wobbling torch lights sorted out packs and bedding and within seconds of lying down all three men were fast asleep . |
| 24 | This does not mean we have to put ourselves down all the time : this would just be false humility , which is another subtle form of pride . |
| 25 | In terms of the law , the Secretary of State is empowered to lay down all aspects of the curriculum , except for the time devoted to each subject and the style in which it shall be taught . |
| 26 | It is proposed in this plan to lay down all the streets , squares , spaces , courts , lanes , yards , passages , fields , gardens , etc. , etc. , in such a manner as to express the exact dimensions of every regularly bounded plot of land in the township of Manchester and Salford , that will fall within that square which shall be judged the most proper to encompass it . |
| 27 | The machine then literally shakes the nuts out of the tree , the amplitude and frequency of the vibrations carefully calculated to bring down all the nuts without inflicting permanent damage on the tree . |
| 28 | A first step in dealing with unwanted stress could be to write down all the factors which you think may be causing undue stress in your life at present . |
| 29 | Rainforests occur in and around the equator and , as such , have constant sunshine beating down all year round , providing temperatures of between 64°F and 86°F . |
| 30 | Note down all your appointments and any follow-up dates when you expect to hear results or ought to telephone for information . |