Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [to-vb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allow the flames to die down with the pan off the heat . |
| 2 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 3 | He leaned over the rail to peer down onto the lower deck . |
| 4 | This permits the ring to move down on the line under greater tension , and up on the opposite side which would be on the outside of a turn . |
| 5 | She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and went over to the window to look down at the courtyard . |
| 6 | The old grandma who was holding the girl 's hand looked across at him as he walked to the window to stare down into the street to watch for Eddie . |
| 7 | What appears to be a mortar explosion close by causes the column to get down on the flooded ground . |
| 8 | But dégorgement dates back at least as far as Dom Pérignon , who we know kept bottles stored , neck downward , in a bed of sand in order to encourage the sediment to drift down to the base of the cork . |
| 9 | Mike Hall , the new Cardiff captain , takes the Bridgend cover on the outside to touch down during the 15–5 quarter-final win during the recent Worthington Welsh Sevens at Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 10 | The main themes that Bukharin pursued were : ( 1 ) the need to cut down on the excessive unproductive consumption of the state bureaucracy ; and ( 2 ) the need to draw the widest possible strata of the people into the planning process and into controlling the state . |
| 11 | ‘ I had to make a guess this morning , ’ she told Alina , glancing back over her shoulder from the Cona machine as she waited for the water to run down through the filter . |
| 12 | If we were gon na say , right , this only is gon na apply to mega- projects , tt and therefore it would be appropriate for the project coordinator to be the person to sit down at the start of the job , when he 's agreeing the remit with the client , when he 's developing the erm tt er who 's doing what within the functions . |
| 13 | If Joe had not caught her , she would be there now , walking up the dale to look down on the sleeping cottage . |
| 14 | She slipped her hand through the crook of his arm once they emerged into the foyer and they walked in silence to the lift to go down to the basement car park . |
| 15 | ‘ Is it still light enough to work ? ’ asked Merymose , standing , and walking across to the doctor to look down at the body . |
| 16 | You 'll have to pass under the gate-towers to get down to the west . |
| 17 | And , flushed with success , they treated Sam and his mother to a celebratory ride round the block before leaving the pair to get down to the essential business of a trip to the shops for a new plastic seat . |
| 18 | I fingered heavy silver and amber necklaces with starting prices of £200 but I did not have the patience or the energy to haggle down to the real price . |
| 19 | When the onboard tuner is activated in this way the guitar signal is instantly muted , avoiding the need for the player to bend down to the tuner switch on the unit , or re-patch the guitar lead . |
| 20 | This allowed the filter to slide down to the bottom submerging the trickle filter section . |
| 21 | It is not for the Home Secretary , government or the House to lay down to the courts how many people they send to prison . |
| 22 | A jury found that Mr McCaffrey had forced open the doors of the lift and squeezed through a narrow 11in gap in a bid to jump down to the third floor landing . |
| 23 | It 's all part of a plan to cut down on the quantity of rubbish being taken to already overflowing landfill sites . |
| 24 | Smelling the water , Daisy needed no further encouragement and put on a spurt to hurry down to the river . |
| 25 | If he had really only been looking for shelter and a place to doss down for the night , why look further than this ? |
| 26 | Moving back to the bridge , she halted for a moment to stare down at the sluggish water , and the wavering reflection thrown back at her made her feel like weeping forever . |
| 27 | It was a gladness to slip down into the sheets knowing the day had ended . |
| 28 | The access was never meant to be it was meant to be further in and and we all for well know , the permission was for a drive to come down through the wood , which would have been very attractive and a garage on the end of the property . |
| 29 | On being told that the men still unaccounted for could not be contacted by the trapped men , the Manager asked for a volunteer to go down from the surface and search inwards from the main shaft . |
| 30 | Is it in order for a Minister to lay down to the House how the Chairman of the Committee that has been established will decide how the debates in Committee will take place ? |