Example sentences of "[adj] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Bobby Beasley jokes that down at the start they kicked the horse that was second and that might have helped them win . |
| 32 | It was n't like that down in the boiler room . |
| 33 | Have you all got that down by the way ? |
| 34 | However , because of the serious recession of the early 1990s , especially in the South East , the government decided in its Budget of 1992 to keep the increase for 1992/3 down to the current inflation rate of only 4.1 % , instead of the 24.1 % which would have been the maximum ‘ phasing in ’ amount payable . |
| 35 | Despite this , receptionists are usually low down in the formal organisational structure . |
| 36 | I think what 's happened the moon is is either set already or it 's so low down in the sky we ca n't see it because the buildings and things are in the way . |
| 37 | In fact if it was dry down to the band they would near take it in by that time , you with the bands round the middle ? |
| 38 | Bailey was 5–2 down in the first set tie breaker but won five successive points to draw first blood and then broke his rival in both the third and fifth games of the second set for an astounding victory . |
| 39 | Released spores an washed down into the soil and onto the tubers by rain . |
| 40 | Manchester-based Swail , the world No53 from Belfast , closed to 4-3 but was on the rack again at 47-0 down in the eighth . |
| 41 | Some down in the Midlands . |
| 42 | what , what I wondered was if you can take some bleach down , I think there 's probably some down in the loo downstairs , and at least put some of that into , can you do that ? |
| 43 | Masur beat compatriot Jaime Morgan 3–6 4–6 6–3 6–4 7–5 after being two sets down and then 5–0 down in the final set . |
| 44 | Things look tasty down at the local |
| 45 | I took this down to the town hall the following day and then set myself to the most urgent task in hand : trying to find another job . |
| 46 | I put this down to the use of rosewood for the fingerboard and the addition of some extra internal bracing . |
| 47 | My instinct is to put all this down to the vitiating effect of the Thatcher years , when proper provisionalism , breadth , pluralism and doubt were banished and the harsh , amoral glitter of ends attained-by-whatever-means held sway . |
| 48 | Kate puts this down to the peasant in her . |
| 49 | Le Mee put this down to the language 's association with mysticism . |
| 50 | Diane , send this down to the labs . |
| 51 | Diane , send this down to the labs . |
| 52 | ‘ With luck we 'll be able to follow this down to the coast instead , and I do believe I see a cave just up ahead , ’ Travis said encouragingly . |
| 53 | Alison Binks , financial adviser , puts this down to the suspension of stamp duty and realistic selling prices now being asked by most vendors . |
| 54 | Is this down in the ? |
| 55 | Cut any large shallots in half down through the root . |
| 56 | Everything 's rosy down at the telecottage Paddy Ashdown 's mission was to see hi-tech Orkney in action , Tom Morton explains |
| 57 | But Prean had been fortunate to survive from 10-15 down in the final game in the semi-final against the England No.3 , Nicky Mason , who had beaten him last year , while Douglas , weakened by a stomach upset , survived a hard three games with Prean at the round-robin stage . |
| 58 | Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory . |
| 59 | They are 2-1 down in the series . |
| 60 | The bridge carries the old road between Hawes and Kirkby Stephen , superseded in 1825 by the valley road and now grass-grown and neglected but still traceable down to the road near Outhgill if transport is waiting there . |