Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or tearing down part of the prison ? |
| 2 | Ugly and irregular in their bodies as in their features , delineated in harsh thick outlines , these creatures are either static , frozenly waiting — as if for blows — or blackly and stiffly at work , or walking down roads with the clumsy , painful gait of arthritis sufferers . |
| 3 | At home she 'd be doing a bit of shopping , gardening perhaps , or turning down invitations to the over-sixties whist drive . |
| 4 | TAGH did not compete with binding of labelled EGF , or start down regulation of the EGF receptor on the isolated cells ( Table V ) . |
| 5 | I wished I could turn to stone , or put down roots like the spotted laurel and forever let the adjusting wind tweak and fiddle with my clothes to no purpose . |
| 6 | As in Wigston , few of the families that put down roots in the parish of Myddle during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had been there in earlier times ; the turnover of names between the 1370s poll tax returns and the subsidies levied in the reign of Henry VIII was equally remarkable in both parishes . |
| 7 | He was forced to withdraw his dissolution , though only after more than two years of controversy , during which time the Council had gone about its business and drafted a number of decrees that restrained the power of the papacy , and laid down reforms throughout the Church . |
| 8 | In his version , Gloucester met with Hastings and his allies in the Tower , and cried out that he had been ambushed , whereupon waiting soldiers rushed in and cut down Hastings on the spot . |
| 9 | In his version , Gloucester met with Hastings and his allies in the Tower , and cried out that he had been ambushed , whereupon waiting soldiers rushed in and cut down Hastings on the spot . |
| 10 | They crossed a bridge and came down steps to the water 's edge . |
| 11 | If you are going to the school yourself , you can probably collect quite a lot of this general information by chatting with the teacher and pupils and noting down details of the surroundings . |
| 12 | When the final Sunday dawned , John , Nora , and Sarah went to the early service at St. Martin 's Church in Trafalgar Square and walked down Whitehall to the site , arriving just after eleven . |
| 13 | And I 'm glad the Chancellor has been fairly tough on public spending and holding down pay in the public sector . |
| 14 | Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up . |
| 15 | He 'd been glaring and smashing down glasses on the table and muttering under his breath and I wondered what on earth I 'd done to make him so disturbed , and then I realised I had n't done anything . |
| 16 | And drags down Mira to the nether World . |