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• Water dripped down the wall.
• He lifted a fat volume down from the shelf.
• A hawk hovered in the sky, waiting to swoop down on its prey.
• A taxi driver wound down his window and gave the cyclist a mouthful.
• It's said that as the boat went down the band continued to play.

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• Are you comfortable or shall I turn the heat down?
• Could you turn your music down and show a little consideration for the neighbours!
• We need to work hard to keep our prices down.
• They melted down the gold rings and bracelets.
• Sophie has been moved down a grade at school.

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• He threatened to break the door down .
• Several trees were brought down by the storm.
• Throw your gun down and put your hands in the air.
• Our apple tree fell down in the storm.
• Winds gusting to 50 mph brought down power cables.

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• I recommend writing your feelings down on paper.
• He asked me to put my objections down on paper.
• Did you write Jo's phone number down ?
• Somehow we got our wires crossed because I'd got the 23rd down in my diary and Jen had the 16th.
• If there are any calls for me, could you write them down next to the phone?

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• I took my two-year old nephew down to the beach with his bucket and spade.
• I was scared witless the last time Tina drove me down to London.
• We drove down to the windswept Atlantic coast of Portugal.
• He went down to the bookmaker's in Chesterton Road to place a bet on the race.
• After booking into our hotel, we went straight down to the beach.

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• He ironed a crease down the front of each trouser leg.
• Sam only lives a few doors down from us.
• I can't go down that street - there's a 'No entry' sign.
• She ran excitedly down the hall to greet her cousins.
• She jumped on her motorbike and raced off down the road.

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• He's gone down the shop to get some milk.
• Are you coming down the pub for a bevvy?
• Can you nip down the shop for me?
• A few of us went down the pub after work.
• I won't be long - I'm just going down the chemist to collect a prescription.

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• She's been a bit down since she found out she's got to take her exams again.
• He seemed a bit down about his work situation.
• He's been feeling a bit down ever since he got his exam results.
• He's been really down ever since he got divorced.
• I could tell that you were feeling a bit down.

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• I tried to update my details online but the system was down.
• Our website was down all morning due to a power failure.
• The bank's network was down so they were unable to approve our loan that day.
• The firm's losing money for every minute their website is down.
• The network was down so we were unable to do any work all morning.