Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guests are often late and rarely sit down at the table on time . |
| 2 | I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her . |
| 3 | For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there . |
| 4 | Its accountants sit down with the auditor for a day of conjuring tricks and , hey presto , £15m gets lost in a cloud of smoke , leaving a mere £7m to find . |
| 5 | Make tying laces into a great game : sit down with the shoes in front of you both and tie and untie them together . |
| 6 | 3 Push down with the hand on the elbow , forcing your fingers to travel further down your spine . |
| 7 | You can buy those things that you push down on the top like that , and you |
| 8 | If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent . |
| 9 | At the end of the gallery the girl halted , gazing down into the hall through one of the archways cut into the wall . |
| 10 | ‘ BEST decision I 've ever made in my life , ’ said Des Walker , gazing down from the terrace of his Genoese apartment at sunlit rocks and ocean . |
| 11 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 12 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 13 | If we were gon na say , right , this only is gon na apply to mega- projects , tt and therefore it would be appropriate for the project coordinator to be the person to sit down at the start of the job , when he 's agreeing the remit with the client , when he 's developing the erm tt er who 's doing what within the functions . |
| 14 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 15 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 16 | Six months ago he was the first to say publicly , ‘ The Government will have to sit down round the table with the terrorists . ’ |
| 17 | He put the journal on Alexandra 's lap and went to sit down in the chair beside hers . |
| 18 | ‘ I had expected you before this , Mr Beckenham , ’ said the lawyer with a twinkle , setting a chair for his client to sit down in the drawing-room of the small house that served also for his office . |
| 19 | On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream . |
| 20 | Despite this , Junius soon got down to the business of casting aspersions against the King 's character . |
| 21 | The giant brick structures were laid during the earliest days of the industrial revolution in Manchester , several decades before London got down to the task of comprehensive sanitation for its citizens . |
| 22 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 23 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 24 | Many parents and teachers back down in the face of a massive tantrum . |
| 25 | The rain softened the surface and showed the imprint of their short stay as they swooped down to the mirage of what had been their habitat . |
| 26 | In the case of Monetary Union , the situation arises not just from the special treatment accorded to the UK and Denmark , but also from the fact that it was appreciated that not all Member States would meet the rather strict criteria for economic convergence laid down as the precondition for participation in the monetary union ; such States are referred to as ‘ Member States with a derogation ’ , and would , inter alia , be excluded from the decision-making process on certain matters . |
| 27 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 28 | At many subsequent meetings there are regulations laid down for the conduct of the Pacquet , and a committee appointed to see that they were conformed to . |
| 29 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 30 | It follows that the conditions laid down for the registration of vessels must not form an obstacle to freedom of establishment within the meaning of articles 52 et seq . |