Example sentences of "down [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowing for running and folding time , proof correction , author 's corrections , design and scripting , it soon becomes clear that by early-May you must be sitting down to plan the details of those leaflets — no later . |
| 2 | That turned out not to be so , as when South cashed the ace of diamonds at trick three down tumbled the king and jack , allowing declarer to take in total five diamond tricks , two heart tricks , and four spade tricks . |
| 3 | A fatal accident inquiry in Edinburgh heard how paramedics taking a child to hospital were flagged down to treat a badly injured man at a garage in Gorebridge , Midlothian . |
| 4 | Falling Down represents a New Brutalism in the cinema . |
| 5 | In the name of international policy co-ordination , Japan held its interest rates down to support the dollar and to help America finance its external deficit . |
| 6 | Many Japanese families today are sitting down to enjoy a meal of dolphin , perhaps eating it raw , or salted and pickled in miso , or dried with seasonings and made into sausage . |
| 7 | In this chapter , the commentators began in classic style by putting up their metaphorical feet , pulling the ring from the first can of Heineken , and settling down to enjoy a good , oldfashioned massacre . |
| 8 | Leaving his personal belongings in the room he walks down to enjoy a good breakfast before continuing his journey . |
| 9 | By Christmas Eve all the jobs are done and Rita and Bill can settle down to enjoy an evening with friends . |
| 10 | We caught the half-past one train and settled down to enjoy the run . |
| 11 | A year later , when autumn came again to the Moor , Topaz Chilcott climbed her favourite slope and sank down to enjoy the copper and bronze glory of the dying year . |
| 12 | She laughed and , telling him her thoughts were private , settled down to enjoy the rest of the journey . |
| 13 | One bar had even gone so far as to put a few tables outside , and on impulse Zen settled down to enjoy the sunlight and watch the show on the Corso . |
| 14 | With a deep sigh , she snuggled against his back and settled down to enjoy the journey . |
| 15 | She deposited the tray on the desk , then took her own tea and a small piece of cake back to her former post , slotted a new tape into the machine for the next instalment of the story and settled down to enjoy the rest of the afternoon in peace . |
| 16 | ‘ Nobody from the chief executive down begrudges a single penny spent on health , safety and the environment , ’ said HSE group manager John Dobson . |
| 17 | The value of your units can go up and down reflecting the performance of the underlying investments . |
| 18 | Then down swooped a sparrow hawk , smaller , more uniform , feathers of long tail closed . |
| 19 | Connor had his back to her , stretching up then stooping down to slide the bolts home at the top and bottom of the front door , but he said nothing . |
| 20 | On the other side of the stockade , the pattern of the vegetation was changing , the earth burning up as the sun reached the ground unchecked , so many big trees had been cut down to erect the Belmont stockade . |
| 21 | Then Aunt Bessie had a stroke , more than one in fact , and burned herself rather badly , because she apparently suffered one when she was bending down to tend the fire . |
| 22 | down to mouth the muffled voices |
| 23 | Even here much of the relevant economic and employment data is by ‘ travel-to-work ’ area , and it is noteworthy that the Newcastle travel-to-work area , which includes both North Shields and Cramlington , extends up into Northumberland and down to include the Derwent Valley in County Durham , but does not include South Tyneside and Wear side . |
| 24 | If you have ever watched a dog running across a field , unless he is tracking something , he will often run with his nose in the air , using his eyes for long-distance viewing , but as soon as he reaches an area of interest , down goes the nose , far closer to the ground . |
| 25 | Free-kick Dorigo along the ground through the wall … keeper blocks it … in goes Deane … down goes the keeper oohhh . |
| 26 | He walked round to the fire and squatted down to rekindle the flames . |
| 27 | Slowly and with misgiving , she went down to greet the Reverend James Longley . |
| 28 | Servants gathered on the steps and for a while all was confusion as stewards , bailiffs , cooks , huntsmen and pages hurried down to greet the Santerres . |
| 29 | Alerted by an ominous creaking sound coming from near his feet , Dauntless glanced down to see a trapdoor in the floor being opened from beneath . |
| 30 | But anyway , my Dawn , Dawn 's mother went down to see a show in London not so long ago , stayed er , stayed two nights in a hotel , it was o it was only like ninety odd pound for them . |