Example sentences of "down [art] [noun] [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a general murmur of enthusiasm from the assembled company who dispersed in all directions , pelting down the alleyways and pushing down doors to find the best houses for themselves . |
| 2 | Ventilate freely and damp down the floor and staging to reduce wilting when the temperature rises above the 27 ° C ( 81 ° F ) . |
| 3 | Noticing a badly dressed woman while driving in Knightsbridge , she ca n't restrain herself from rolling down the window and crying out ‘ Why ? ’ in sheer exasperation . |
| 4 | They can show you what you are aiming at by breaking down the manoeuvre and showing the role of each movement , but putting it all together with correct co-ordination and timing is up to you to teach yourself . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't worry , my dear , ’ Fagin said , putting down the knife and becoming once again the kind old gentleman . |
| 6 | Tearing down the temple and re-building it in three days . |
| 7 | Through slowing down the pace and using plenty of pause . |
| 8 | He rejected the customary function of wingers of going down the line and crossing the ball . |
| 9 | The rain fell steadily , almost vertically , for several minutes , drops like pearls rolling down the glass and dripping on the sill . |
| 10 | the more successful attacks by Leeds came from either Kelly or Dorigo breaking down the flanks and crossing in . |
| 11 | It must have been really strange for her , going to a new school all on her own , and a convent school at that , with nuns like great black crows floating down the corridors and carrying her off to chapel . |
| 12 | Rosenthal said , laying down the chalk and moving toward Nelson . |
| 13 | A river ran through it , wearing down the gravel and making mud into which aircraft , especially aircraft loaded with weapons , tended to sink . |
| 14 | Place the other sheet of glass on top , squashing down the sealant and encapsulating the picture . |
| 15 | She was just pushing down the lid and trying to close the catches with fumbling fingers when the door swung open . |
| 16 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 17 | Gordon Durie stole down the right and seeing the defences lack of organisation , he blasted in a low pass which McCoist drove home first time . |
| 18 | One of the agents observing some fragments of rock clattering down the shaft and falling around him , warned , " take care or you will have your brains knocked out . " |
| 19 | If this advice is ignored , the torque of the seven-foot-diameter propeller , and the airflow it sends corkscrewing down the fuselage and acting on the large fin , causes the relatively light 207 to suddenly aim for the left-hand side of the runway . |
| 20 | In the early hours of the morning of June 13 riot police armed with truncheons and electric prods moved in , burning down the tents and arresting 263 people . |
| 21 | The Commanders having in person executed the covetous part of Sacrilege , they leave the destructive and spoiling part to be finished by the common soldiers ; [ who ] broke down the organs and dashing the pipes with their pole-axes , scoffingly said ‘ hark how the organs go ’ . |
| 22 | Sammy was running up and down the pathway and yelping up at them . |
| 23 | Swap too soon and the program takes over and performs some miracle that pulls the ass of the Despot you just abandoned out of the fire and next thing you know the secret police are banging down the doors and hauling you and your family off into the night and oblivion ; the machine thereupon promptly declares itself the winner and it 's back to that fucking cave again . |
| 24 | He set down the plate and taking a piece of newspaper out of his pocket wrapped the fat up and put it in his pocket . |
| 25 | The great metal roof-tree which held the house together had bent inwards as though from some giant 's blow , and listening , Rachel could hear tiles still slithering down the slope and crashing into the street forty feet below . |
| 26 | ‘ I never thought you could run like that , Sarah , ’ said Angela , coming down the slope and joining them . |
| 27 | ‘ But you must know ! ’ says Howard to Felicity , walking up and down the living-room and clutching an amazed hand to his forehead . |
| 28 | The suggestions put forward in the first three leaflets of the three-year campaign range from turning down the thermostat and turning off unnecessary lights to installing double glazing . |
| 29 | He had brought out his lists , four sheets , and had got them half fixed to the door when Allan knocked him aside and tore them down and then spent an hour , with James 's help , going down the names and telling the young men to their faces whether or not they were listed . |
| 30 | They are used for the final stages when working down a tilth and levelling the surface once the large clods and turf have been broken . |