Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes such material is simply tipped-in or stuck down on a blank ; the professional may prefer to inlay it on paper to match the size of the volume , which will often be fairly large . |
| 2 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 3 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 4 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 5 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
| 6 | Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down . |
| 7 | If we were to construct a ‘ ladder ’ of non-fatal offences , starting with the most serious and moving down to the least serious , the offence of attempted murder should be placed at the top . |
| 8 | His buddy did n't seem too concerned about that and reached down for the big gun . |
| 9 | He drove about in a horse and cart and one of his tricks was to whip the horse up into a canter and crouch down behind the seat so people would think it had bolted . |
| 10 | After a further mile towards Chapel-le-Dale , a track turns off the road to the left and goes down to the beck in the valley bottom , arriving at a section roofed by a natural arch of considerable length . |
| 11 | Alternatively you can turn right along the forest road then go left and drop down off the road to follow a track and waymarkers down to the car park . |
| 12 | Real growth of 3 per cent and an unemployment rate of 4.7 per cent were predicted , as were a reduction in the net budget deficit to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , with a long-term aim of a reduction to 2.5 per cent by 1992 as laid down in the SPÖ-ÖVP joint programme of 1987 [ see p. 35088 ] . |
| 13 | Or install some sort of screen , dividing panel , a blind that lets down from the ceiling , and even a stack of wine racks which would make a substantial and permanent wall in themselves . |
| 14 | How could anyone know that Wetherby was going to get hungry and go down to the kitchen for some cheese ? |
| 15 | ‘ I have decided to get even fitter , to practise more and to cut down on the weight . |
| 16 | One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep . |
| 17 | ‘ I only realised he was any good when he was 13 and went down to the English schools Under-14 championships at Queens one Monday . |
| 18 | They came out of the circuit one by one and bore down on the SE5s , each of which was now heading for the balloon from a different quarter . |
| 19 | Homoeopathy can be very satisfying if you do not get worried or weighed down by the ‘ burden ’ of finding a remedy . |
| 20 | The reduction in the numbers visiting the gardens has allowed the grass to remain green and cut down on the amount of litter dropped and graffiti scribbled . |
| 21 | One evening I felt restless and walked down to the harbour . |
| 22 | Kummar has tried to show how engineers in private industry have had their work increasingly fragmented and broken down into a series of simple individual steps . |
| 23 | There was a pause , then he said , ‘ Well now , would you be very kind and go down to the cabin and fetch me a bottle of wine , Jim ? |
| 24 | Towards the edge of the wood , where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond , only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog 's mercury and oak-tree roots . |
| 25 | He stared steadily outwards towards the ducks and flamingos while Kraal mantled his plumage , let out a harsh call or two and dropped down into the shelter to pick at the remnant of meat he had left over from the previous day . |
| 26 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 27 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 28 | Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead . |
| 29 | If a star 's mass is less than the Chandrasekhar limit , it can eventually stop contracting and settle down to a possible final state as a " white dwarf " with a radius of a few thousand miles and a density of hundreds of tons per cubic inch . |