Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Croat and Slovene leaders have reiterated their willingness to sit down with the Serbs and others to work out how Yugoslavia could be turned into a body not unlike the European Community . |
| 2 | One of the main factors underpinning the share price was an anticipated shortage of water shares , because of the decision to scale down overseas allocations to increase the public offer from 23.5 to nearly 30 per cent of the offer . |
| 3 | I 've only got quarter an hour to go down and have a smoke . |
| 4 | I told Mum to sit down , and I just said , " Joanne is pregnant . |
| 5 | ‘ Brother , ’ he whispered , ‘ we have the Regent 's permission to go down to the Springall house now , to examine and take anything we wish . |
| 6 | ‘ Was it terrible ? ’ he asked , looking questioningly at the empty chair , as if asking their permission to sit down . |
| 7 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
| 8 | My staff and I welcome the opportunity to sit down with local exporters and importers to offer not only our own expertise but to provide the link to the truly international help that is available . |
| 9 | There was some laughter and he took the opportunity to sit down . |
| 10 | However , we now have an opportunity to show that Europe can address European problems and that we will intervene in a way that will give the people of Yugoslavia the opportunity to sit down together and find a peaceful solution to the problems . |
| 11 | A further problem for the genealogist was caused by the decision to round down ages over fifteen to the nearest five . |
| 12 | His decision to stand down throws the contest open . |
| 13 | All told , 22 ministers — about a quarter of the Government — have been replaced , either as a result of their own decision to stand down , losing their seats in Thursday 's general election or being asked by Mr Major to relinquish their posts . |
| 14 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 15 | It was , said Mrs Thatcher , when she informed Cabinet colleagues of her decision to stand down , a ‘ funny old world ’ in which a Prime Minister with her record of electoral success should find it necessary to resign . |
| 16 | He cited " personal reasons " for his decision to stand down which was to take effect following the selection of his successor at a special party convention , expected in November . |
| 17 | And last night it came to a head with Mr MacSharry privately blaming his interfering boss for his decision to stand down , and Commission sources confirming that he felt badly let down by M Delors . |
| 18 | It helps to ask the client 's permission to jot down a few facts . |
| 19 | You 'll have the opportunity to write down your objectives . |
| 20 | With MainWin , the Windows applications will reportedly run in native mode with no intervening emulation level to bog down performance . |
| 21 | Though Dykstra is confident Motherwell will avoid relegation — ‘ we have too many good players in the side to go down ’ — his manager was disappointed they had taken only one point . |
| 22 | Further West Borrow really let his imagination run riot , writing of the ‘ sacrificial rock ’ on Carn Brae above Redruth and the gulleys as ‘ … outlets for the blood to stream down ’ . |
| 23 | The move was attacked by one union leader as just another attempt to drive down wages . |
| 24 | Erm and our marketing executive who goes round signing the surgery up leaves a certain amount of information er and particularly these erm a sheet si similar to this with er we ask the practice to sit down and compile a list of businesses . |
| 25 | But he can not afford to sit back on the basis that Everton are too big a club to go down . |
| 26 | Any attempt to nail down individuals with the aid of rules and collective values seems doomed to vague and complex generalities . |
| 27 | It will typically take several hours for the car to go down the line , hundreds of workers will be directly involved in fitting the various bits and pieces , and each will have a cycle time of perhaps 60 seconds to do their allotted task . |
| 28 | ‘ May I borrow your car to go down town ? ’ |
| 29 | He watched in agony as Ram , with the deliberate movements of long service and old age , tore the cartridge , emptied the powder into the muzzle , and took his ramrod to drive down the rest of the cartridge . |
| 30 | This visit , he told Alice as the train took them back to London later that evening , had been a very happy one and it was his intention to go down to Calking to see them all again very soon . |