Example sentences of "[vb past] it down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I narrowed it down after a lot of sifting through . |
| 2 | Well when they dug the garden , after they 'd dug it they always cromed it down with a crome before they planted anything . |
| 3 | So if you ca n't be more positive — ’ she folded her napkin and threw it down like a gauntlet on the table between them ‘ — then I do n't see why I should stay here and listen to you . ’ |
| 4 | Take out the needles from the spirit and with a clean rag , working on one needle at a time , rub each one clean and lay it down on a tissue or cloth . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The barmaid raised the spatula and brought it down upon a bluebottle . |
| 8 | Alex brought it down like a guillotine for its utter cold meant no feeling , when feeling meant only pain . |
| 9 | He laid it down on a rock and plunged his arm in the sack once more . |
| 10 | He folded his newspaper and laid it down on a seat beside him . |
| 11 | He corked it down in a bottle until the smell was particularly aggressive . |
| 12 | No I went back and got in the car and was fiddling about and I wrote it down on a matchbox you see . |
| 13 | Our school had it down to a tee . |
| 14 | She set it down on a footstool beside the open fire , then leaned across to take something from a bowl on the mantlepiece and sprinkle it on the burning logs . |