Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] down [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 2 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
| 3 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 4 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 5 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 6 | The court in the Reference did not lay down a closed list : the public interest was the governing consideration . |
| 7 | The sociologist of religion ( usually ) does not just plonk down a whole lot of data and let the reader make what he or she will of it . |
| 8 | Why can we not go down the same road ? |
| 9 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |
| 10 | But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies . |
| 11 | If we can now move down the clinical axis to level 5 — that of the individual patient — there have been various trials in techniques of patient costing ; designed by definition , to calculate the cost of treating each patient . |
| 12 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 13 | And that I think , I feel is one of the loopholes in the Sale of Goods Act , because it does n't lay down a definite time limit . |
| 14 | The £1.2 million former Norwich star ca n't hold down a first-team spot with Scottish champs Rangers . |
| 15 | Erm I did n't write down the other things that you mentioned as we were going through that were n't on this list . |
| 16 | Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching . |
| 17 | You know the old saying about never look a gift horse in the mouth , well do n't turn down a good tip . |
| 18 | Better sacks have bound seams which do at least slow down the leaking process . |
| 19 | I 'd then put down the typical weight , a typical height , the main use , the usual colour tell me some key to press please ? |
| 20 | The binder can then shuffle down the wide row gathering a sheaf onto his insteps ; he then picks it up and binds it with straw or twine ( see Figure 11 ) . |
| 21 | If it 's a concrete floor you could either put down a new wood floor or tile it with some sort of composition tile or sheeting like vinyl or linoleum which is showing quite a revival . |
| 22 | Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . |
| 23 | Well my understanding of team briefings , very quickly , is is to give you an example , after C S M T , what we should do is one of us should actually write down the key points from C S M T that you want to communicate to staff . |