Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] down their " in BNC.
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| 1 | West German attention remained centred on the affairs of Central Europe — nor had the Germans either completely liberated themselves from or lived down their own past . |
| 2 | Outside AW 's erm , specialists books er , er , markets er , book sales have been almost universally slow there were very high returns as book sellers everywhere reacted to reduced er , demand by replacing or winding down their stock . |
| 3 | Similarly , for those users contemplating ‘ coming off ’ or cutting down their drug use the links between members of township networks and those between the networks themselves provided a dynamic body of ‘ knowledge ’ based on the user 's direct experience of available services . |
| 4 | The 16-point plan presented by the rebels at this meeting had been rejected by the government , but on Oct. 15 Chissano announced that MNR rebels would be allowed to stand in the 1991 elections if they renounced violence and laid down their arms . |
| 5 | Further doubts have been raised about the future of the THORP reprocessing plant at Sellafield by the Japanese authorities ' decision to abandon plutonium transports by sea [ see above ] and to scale down their nuclear-energy programme . |
| 6 | A Protestant mob was so incensed by what he said that they wrecked the Irish quarter , breaking in the fronts of houses and knocking down their roofs , and it took a battalion of troops to restore order . |
| 7 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |
| 8 | Those the people that have been there and put down their names on it ? |
| 9 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 10 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 11 | National groups could only find outlets for their own beer by acquiring smaller companies and shutting down their brewing plant . |
| 12 | Syllabuses define the amount and content of knowledge and skill in each subject and lay down their distribution throughout the years that the young person spends at school . |
| 13 | The United Nations reception centres for Contra rebels to return and lay down their weapons , opened for business in an atmosphere of hope rather than anticipation . |
| 14 | The rain was cold on their heads and streamed down their necks inside their clothing . |
| 15 | At the entrance was a table for a member of the local Assembly executive who checked people 's names and wrote down their identity card numbers as they came in . |
| 16 | It was warm and ran down their bodies in rivulets . |
| 17 | They placed fewer orders with suppliers than a year ago and ran down their stocks in January . |
| 18 | Sunsonic should forsake the pomp and strip down their sound . |
| 19 | After walking in and setting down their pocket tape recorder , they soon reveal themselves as inarticulate and badly prepared and the whole encounter is punctuated with long , awkward silences . |
| 20 | It is impossible to define things in absolute terms and pin down their meaning , because all meaning is relational and therefore shifting ( like the metaphorical gender of fork ) . |
| 21 | If the supply of suitable saplings near the site runs out , they will dig canals leading into the stream and float down their logs from farther away . |