Example sentences of "[verb] down [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
| 2 | You ca n't , you could n't say right we 'll do a function for hundred and fifty and two hundred , and really to do , you 've got to be looking to do a , a sit down function for two hundred |
| 3 | Come here and sit down Prince . |
| 4 | Sit down mum ! |
| 5 | Sit down mate . |
| 6 | The sit down snack bar |
| 7 | She smelt of snuff when she leaned over and said , ‘ Sit down dearie , yer blockin' me view . ’ |
| 8 | Oh a great help to sandwiches and a sit down meal at dinner at table with the family , it was far better than a dry sandwich eaten in the barn . |
| 9 | If you want the real deal , go and track down Spike Lee 's original Forty Acres And A Mule merchandise |
| 10 | Police track down bomb suspects to Bombay hideout |
| 11 | Track down fitness shops for staple items of dancewear that can be worn from morning to night . |
| 12 | These reports sent them bustling off to organize air tickets to the head of the Gulf , designating it Persian or Arabian according to the nationality of the airline or the destination selected , to check out the situation and track down flesh with which to clothe the bare bones . |
| 13 | Should the prevailing interest rate be greater than Oi l , there would be an excess supply of money ( or excess demand for bonds ) which would push up the price of bonds and push down interest rates , back towards the equilibrium . |
| 14 | Even though the beef industry is taken aback by the sudden jump in prices , the general opinion is that they will stick until at least July — and could harden in the long term if CAP reform and a further round of milk quotas push down breeding numbers . |
| 15 | Well it 's other people as well I think , but , I believe you do n't have to sit down conversation on your on do you ? . |
| 16 | Michael Knowles saw BPN 's greatest challenge as one of maintaining production and increasing reserves volumes , while bringing down development costs . |
| 17 | He attacked the claims of Prime Minister John Major and Chancellor Norman Lamont that bringing down inflation would get Britain out of the recession . |
| 18 | Of course you are absolutely right to emphasise the crucial importance of bringing down inflation ; the current deep recession will achieve this . |
| 19 | While the Chancellor has been concentrating — unsuccessfully — on bringing down inflation , unemployment is raging and further factory closures and redundancies have been announced nearly every week since he came to office . |
| 20 | Anderson was booked in the first half for bringing down Marin on a night when the Germans again showed their propensity for going down theatrically under straightforward challenges . |
| 21 | The import of 1,000,000 tonnes of wheat , reportedly aimed at bringing down grain prices , was announced on Jan. 16 . |
| 22 | The programme , which can be quickly and easily established , will allow us to start bringing down unemployment immediately . |
| 23 | With Labour now likely to bury their tax madness in their charge to the right , the Tories have to stay well ahead of them and consolidate their position as the party committed to cutting public waste and bringing down tax rates . |
| 24 | In addition to bringing down interest rates by another two per cent , he has to establish the right monetary policy after sticking to the wrong one for two years . |
| 25 | Unless and until the Government gives a lead by bringing down interest rates generally . |
| 26 | If Forgive us our … had been followed by sins ( as it is in some modern versions of the Lord 's Prayer ) , inappropriate contextual information could slow down word identification if used too early . |
| 27 | The articulatory loop should also be seldom used since it would slow down processing of a message whose speed is beyond the control of the interpreter . |
| 28 | If synonyms occur frequently , it can slow down access speeds considerably , and therefore the advantage of random access is lost . |
| 29 | The stock market is still nervous of them because of fears that the cost of restructuring will slow down recovery . |
| 30 | Any bias will slow down movement in one or more directions and produce a tell-tale lurch of the shoulders as the body-weight is shifted . |