Example sentences of "a [adj] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Personally , I do n't like the exercise of feeling a definite pull down from the top of the backswing .
2 Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac .
3 First , the re-study noted a marked slowing down in the rate of change , partly because there was little left to change , particularly in the arable areas .
4 Erm if you have a look through them and then have a quick write down of what gifts you think the different ones that are mentioned in this are using .
5 In its present form the Banbury Lane represents a great narrowing down of what was originally not a single track but a more or less open corridor ( so that one can not be too precise about its prehistoric course ) , bounded on either side by dense forest , in places several miles wide .
6 ‘ One of the early Dalek episodes had a Thal going down to the shore of a lake at night to collect some water .
7 Next remove all the old putty from both parts of the joint and give the metal surfaces a good rub down with a wire brush and , if necessary , abrasive paper before applying two coats of bitumastic paint .
8 Also give yourself a good rub down in the shower or bath with their Body Sea Scrub Bar , £3.95 .
9 There is more likely to be a gradual wearing down of viral disease , with a wide variety of drugs becoming increasingly effective against specific types of virus .
10 Some writers on intonation claim that the intonation pattern starting at a fairly high pitch , with a gradual dropping down of pitch during the utterance , is the most basic , normal , ‘ unmarked ’ intonation pattern ; this movement is often called declination .
11 ‘ Elise was delighted I rang , but gave me a terrible dressing down for not ringing before or sending a postcard .
12 So that it was a terrible let down to her to find it so distasteful .
13 The eight men , from St John 's College , came in for a severe dressing down from the police after they bared all on a two-mile row down the River Isis .
14 As they descended the stairs , Delaney paused , and took a last look down at her .
15 This obviously causes a minor slow down in perceived performance as far as the SX chip is concerned , but the percentage difference is small enough to be negligible in real world applications .
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