Example sentences of "of [noun sg] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some would say that blame should begin , even end , with Rushdie himself : that this ‘ impertinent , whining guest , ’ as Lord Tebbit unforgivably called him , wrote a calculatedly provocative book , brought the predictable wrath of Islam down upon himself and has since presented the taxpayer with a multi-million pound bill for keeping due retribution at bay . |
| 2 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 3 | And certainly we have kept the amou the amount of administration down to a bear minimum if I can show you . |
| 4 | The new factory was built on the far side of the property , leaving Barlaston surveying a fine sweep of parkland down to a river widened to look like a lake . |
| 5 | Keeping the maximum depth of cut down to 0.5mm means the motor is not strained , however . |
| 6 | Anne put a cup of tea down beside her . |
| 7 | Sergeant Morrison put his mug of tea down on the greasy bar and turned . |
| 8 | This seems to suggest a negative feedback loop , driving the quality of research down by depriving it of central funds . |
| 9 | Though the account remains essentially the same as in earlier editions , the bibliography has been revised to take account of scholarship down to 1990 . |
| 10 | Coupled with the introduction of general management throughout the NHS was a real devolution of decision-making down to units . |
| 11 | I tell you one thing I used to enjoy , on this particular belt there were so many girls , what I used to enjoy was sending plenty of work down to them — I was responsible for how much work they got out … |
| 12 | You get a whole class of thirty-five people sat round absolutely mucking about , chucking books , ripping up books , everything like that , and the teacher stood out in front of the classroom writing a load of work down on the blackboard you ca n't really work . |
| 13 | does a lot of work down in London , he did a lot of work , well they done promotions er , and he evidently he was in a big job at , what was it in , in it ? |
| 14 | Taking that level of security down to individual data items , what what areas of my chartered account can I update what areas can I look at ? |
| 15 | If we were to shift the age of retirement down to 55 or up to 70 , the people would still be the same ! |
| 16 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 17 | Maquet , like Child , brought the philosophical debate about the sociology of knowledge down to differences in philosophical positions , differences due to different ontologies of social being and of knowledge . |
| 18 | I like to have some sort of colour down as an underpainting first to kill the white of the paper — a similar process to an oil painter , and I start by wetting the paper with an old one and a half inch household painting brush and then quickly slash in some colour which slightly relates to what I see . |
| 19 | Nearly drowned herself , put a bowl of water down for her |
| 20 | Bill , there there 'll be a tiny wee spot of water down at the bottom here Bill that 'll maybe take today just to dissolve away . |
| 21 | Drop nylon cord over the stitches and hold ends of cord down under the beds while you knit a few rows . |
| 22 | They squeezed into the little , bright cubicle and Keith put a piece of paper down on the shelf . |
| 23 | Mr Whittaker threw the piece of paper down on his desk . |
| 24 | A proof , taken by inking the mirror-image metal , and pressing a piece of paper down on it , went to the ‘ readers ’ for checking . |
| 25 | Erm you could of underline down by the bottom |
| 26 | There are a lot of people saying that Mike Martin Pipe is not the force he was etcetera but there 's been a change of policy down at and if anyone thinks that Pipe has lost his touch they 're talking twaddle . |
| 27 | ‘ It would n't do to drop them baskets of shingle down in our hold ! ’ he say . |
| 28 | I had a fellow come rushing out to me , point duty outside Legs o' Man pub one night , when I was directing traffic , puts a bottle of beer down by the side of me . |
| 29 | She takes a second hit , hauls a bullet of dope down into her lungs and continues . |
| 30 | And while they were biding their time over a game of backgammon down in the café , William used to wander through the silent , cluttered rooms where their investment languished , gathering dust . |