Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a tree-stump beside one cave-mouth , a raccoon sits swatting them down with its paw , munching the little bodies and discarding the skinny wings onto a growing pile on the ground beside it . |
| 2 | At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook . |
| 3 | Fletcher said : ‘ Our batting department has let us down in both Tests , although everyone has been working hard on their game and how to combat their spinners on turning pitches . |
| 4 | The Government has let us down by not realising we needed investment . |
| 5 | Yeah , Joyce has turned it down to one |
| 6 | ‘ I tried to play it down in the report . ’ |
| 7 | Oh you want to fetch it down to a board technic |
| 8 | Next thing , he tried to knock it down with his lawnmower — said it ‘ ran out of control ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ The assassin has marked us down for death , but first he is playing with us like a cat does with a mouse . |
| 10 | He chased them in Australia last year , tried to hunt them down at the Arms Park in the World Cup , but found himself on the end of the heaviest Welsh defeats home and away . |
| 11 | Money has driven them deeper into the planet , money has brought them down in the world … |
| 12 | He tried to slow her down with gestures which she interpreted as signs of denial , and so she poured it on . |
| 13 | You have your analysis of sales by product for the month , but what happens if you want to break it down by salesman , region and so on ? |
| 14 | For me , it was kind of an antidote to Nineties cynicism , which starts to get you down after a while . ’ |
| 15 | A check was done on the pH and a proprietary acid buffer was added to bring it down to 6.5 Softening resin was added in a box filter to bring down the hardness to 8°DGH . |
| 16 | Two days later he tells me : ‘ It 's like they want to copy everything down to the smallest detail . |
| 17 | he said be very careful what you say have you down in evidence then . |
| 18 | A spearman tried to bring him down with a lance thrust under the cuirass whilst another took a swing with a sword at the joints in the greaves on his legs . |
| 19 | They always want to tie you down to times . ’ |
| 20 | The bloke says bring it down for today . |
| 21 | Mandy either had not noticed the formidable wall of his reserve , or had decided to batter it down with her considerable charm . |
| 22 | Now Simon says put them down by your side . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose you 'd put it down to had management tactics , ’ sneered Ray . |
| 24 | Therefore , Patterson was a bigger wig than I 'd had him down as . |
| 25 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 26 | Finished it all , and then , I just decided then I sorted out my washing , and then I decided what part I was gon na do , I 'd narrowed it down to either topic , task or topic erm , stable features , which are , sort of , erm , self confidence and things , and erm , how you you express yourself , and then a third one is like sex an and gender and age . |
| 27 | computers and that and er he left it and he just carried on talking about this that and the other , and he says right I 'm going and he went and he left the game , he 'd brought it down for the kids , he did n't say , you know |
| 28 | It was probably true that he 'd asked him down to London . |
| 29 | They reckon he should 've said cut it down to about two or three , four pints a day , there 's fifteen milligrams of valium . |
| 30 | Straw : Some is already converted as farmyard manure ; and attempts have been made to break it down in other ways to make a compost base . |