Example sentences of "down [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many talks fail because speakers talk down or over the heads of their audience . |
| 2 | Concession or legitimization can occur up , down or across the hierarchy . |
| 3 | They blocked the pavement and there was this bloody great lorry up against the path so anybody coming down or up the road had to walk into the road or co , cross the road to the other side ! |
| 4 | Or , even better , find a shield which can also be used as a ram ( like a chair , stool , dustbin or small table ) to knock the knifeman down or against a wall . |
| 5 | I always turn them upside down or against the wall for a few months and then I might become curious and look again . |
| 6 | It looks great when it 's down or in a simple self-knotted style . |
| 7 | Four months in France had quietened her down and at the same time given her a veneer of sophistication quite lacking before . |
| 8 | I half got up , then I looked at the hole he 'd gone down and at the paper in my hand . |
| 9 | I heard myself say to him , though the different sections of my brain seemed to have slipped out of synch somehow , and I was aware of all sorts of different things at once , and time seemed to have slowed down and at the same time some part of my brain was racing , trying to come up with some logical explanation for what was going on that did n't involve calamity … and failing . |
| 10 | Growth in export markets has slowed down and at the same time new malting capacity has come on stream leading to a very competitive market place . |
| 11 | Sutter took the kick himself and Adrian Knup rose unchallenged to head down and past the stranded Goram . |
| 12 | Soon , however , we were midway down and into a steep , narrow , rocky section , where it was turn now or go straight into freefall . |
| 13 | Perhaps it 's the moaning you can do at the top , or the relief of getting down and into the warmth . |
| 14 | She just reached down and into the tray for what she knew would be there , and this almost certainly did n't include Masklin . |
| 15 | He looked me up and down and with a twinkle in his eye said ‘ Oh ! dear , I think I shall have to let you know after all . ’ |
| 16 | A couple of hours later I collected the box , mysteriously taped down and with a mass of weight on top . |
| 17 | Now the pressure is on the big keeper as Leeds start at Elland Road 2–1 down and with a disturbing habit of conceding too many goals this season . |
| 18 | Now the sides of the hold and the , the chains used go down , they did n't have wires they had chains go down and with a big ring on the top and then when you 'd the door out , knock the pin out and the door would drop down the mud and cos the ship would come up because she got two side tanks on er a tank each side to bring the ship out of the water . |
| 19 | With a gallant wave of one hand he invited Melissa to sit down and with the other placed a small pile of well-thumbed paperbacks on a table in front of her . |
| 20 | The door to his own apartment was the only one in the hall on this level , a few yards down and on the left . |
| 21 | The square , window-type frame gives practice with moving in and out as well as up , down and over the top of , and there is experience of being enclosed within a three-dimensional shape . |
| 22 | Desperate to charge our batteries , we linger as long as we dare before racing off down and over the glacier , through the boulders , and onto the base-camp grass . |
| 23 | Three feet down and under a rose-bush . |
| 24 | Over several years volunteers from schools , colleges , and County Youth Clubs , together with many adult enthusiasts , have worked at cutting and clearing trees and undergrowth , uncovering surface works and piers , cleaning channels and tracks and in constructing a path down and across the site to enable visitors to explore as much of the Plane as possible . |
| 25 | A tiny point of bright golden pus appears and spreads like some fierce eczema down and across the right-hand side of her face . |
| 26 | A short waddle down and across the Champs Elysees found us sitting , once again , around a restaurant table . |
| 27 | With this structure it is possible to do a search within a machine , passing up , down and across the tree structure to determine all comprising parts . |
| 28 | Once you have lists where you are confident that you are hearing the tone correctly , these can then be used as drills following the same procedure as before , i.e. listening and mimicking down and across the lists : It is by no means always possible to find a high frame preceding the place of substitution . |
| 29 | Thus , if there is a two-dimensional paradigm in the language , it must be drilled both down and across the paradigm . |
| 30 | Cases may be transferred up , down and across the court system subject to certain criteria . |