Example sentences of "[verb] it down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weight of the shot drew it down through the grating and out of his sight like a skittering lizard . |
| 2 | I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry . |
| 3 | He 's going to rot it , which means he 's going to record it off transmission , and then pump it down , send it down to the General News Service in London for consideration by W A T O which is World At One . |
| 4 | Yes , could you say that just a little louder , I 'm not sure that they caught it down in the lower basement . |
| 5 | They reckoned They was going to pull it down after the War . |
| 6 | All that remains is to wrap the covering material round and glue it down to the boards . |
| 7 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 8 | And puts it into roast in the oven , and takes it out after fifty minutes and then you get Philadelphia cheese and white wine melt it down in the wine |
| 9 | We found it down by the Seal . |
| 10 | well , somebody found it down by the river just at the back of where they live so it must have been somebody round about |
| 11 | ‘ Why do n't yer chuck it down in the dustbin ? ’ he suggested . |
| 12 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 13 | And she slammed it down on the desk . |
| 14 | ‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter . |
| 15 | Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table . |
| 16 | Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table . |
| 17 | Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table . |
| 18 | Vologsky finished the bottle off and slammed it down upon the table . |
| 19 | After the third ‘ Carry On ’ , the cast had been offered a profit-sharing scheme — and had all turned it down on the advice of their agents , who thought they would be better off getting increased salaries . |
| 20 | The slogans were in ill-formed , illiterate script and Owen at first put it down as the work of children ; not the children who went to the kuttub , who were infants , but older youths . |
| 21 | and among they put it down as the parents er ca n't control her . |
| 22 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 23 | I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ‘ throne ’ and his following of stooges . |
| 24 | ‘ Put it down to the movement of the ship . |
| 25 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 26 | Again I put it down to the stresses of presenting a live programme five days a week . |
| 27 | Put it down to the wine ! |
| 28 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 29 | Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous . |
| 30 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |