Example sentences of "[verb] down [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take my jacket off again and sit down to look through the War files … |
| 2 | He will implement procedures laid down to comply with the Company 's duty of care and will liaise with the Group Environmental Manager on such issues . |
| 3 | Swam down to sniff at the trembling . |
| 4 | Staring at him worriedly , she slowly sank down to sit on the edge of the bed . |
| 5 | He bent down to stare at the floor . |
| 6 | After a while she came over to Tallis and bent down to peer at the human . |
| 7 | Go right and push the crate onto the button , go up on the lift and to the left , push the crate off the edge of the platform , go up on the lift and right , climb up six platforms and push the crate left , fall left and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , jump onto the ledges on the wall and go up , go right , up , left , up , push the crate right , fall down , push the crate right into the button , go right and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , drop down to the stationary lift , go left then up , push the crate down , right , right , left , right and right onto the button . |
| 8 | Go right and push the crate onto the button , go up on the lift and to the left , push the crate off the edge of the platform , go up on the lift and right , climb up six platforms and push the crate left , fall left and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , jump onto the ledges on the wall and go up , go right , up , left , up , push the crate right , fall down , push the crate right into the button , go right and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , drop down to the stationary lift , go left then up , push the crate down , right , right , left , right and right onto the button . |
| 9 | At the top of the shaft , push the crate right onto the switch , go right and duck down to go along the conveyor belt , push the next crate right onto the button , then go along the next conveyor belt . |
| 10 | and I I was rushing down to get to the stair . |
| 11 | The first pilots to send Luftwaffe bombers spiralling down to crash into the sea were boys , auxiliary pilots who until a few months before had been flying antiquated Gloster Gladiators . |
| 12 | Chesapeake Bay blue crabs , among nature 's hardiest creatures , have been observed dancing with death along the bottom ; they hover just above the anoxic zone , dart down to forage along the bottom , then come up for ‘ air ’ to the oxygenated mid-depths . |
| 13 | She had showered and put on a tracksuit , having been called down to help in the kitchen before getting into something more elegant . |
| 14 | Uncle Mick found it difficult getting down to kneel for the Consecration . |
| 15 | I settled down to wait in the passageway between the garage and the house where I was a little protected from the inclemency of the weather and whence I was eventually plucked by the constabulary . |
| 16 | He found a seat and settled down to listen to the opening speaker in the first of the day 's debates . |
| 17 | The King assured Baldwin that he never drank before seven in the evening and settled down to listen to the lecture that he knew was coming . |
| 18 | Two cuckoos flew down to settle on the wire fence . |
| 19 | She squatted down to peer through the glass and saw a headscarf printed with Scottie dogs and a hand clutching a potted plant with its leaves torn off . |
| 20 | The librarian , fearful of fire , gently shooed Corbett out so the clerk went down to stroll in the monastery 's small herb garden while he rigorously analysed all he had learnt in his journey to Kinghorn . |
| 21 | And she went down to check in the winter time and she said your van was really dry . |
| 22 | Almost without thinking she reached down to turn off the gas and water taps , then climbed the narrow stairs and pushed open the door to her right , smiling at the riot of roses that covered the walls . |
| 23 | Then she lay down to rest in the lounge , surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking . |
| 24 | I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns . |
| 25 | ‘ And you 're not having this dress , ’ Nora said , bending down to look at the price tag . |
| 26 | Soon she would get down to work on the garden ; it would be something to do at the weekends . |
| 27 | Then they drove away and Carolyn carried with her the sight of her mother 's tense white face leaning down to look through the window at her . |
| 28 | John feels better , so he comes down to sit at the kitchen table and chat . |
| 29 | She put a red plastic bowl on the refrigerator floor and sat down to wait for the ice to melt . |
| 30 | With his second cup of tea in front of him , he sat down to look at the newspaper . |