Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we offer this kind of text to children , and if the gulf between the two languages is to be bridged , then we must not play down the magnitude of the learning task which children face . |
| 2 | As the total amount of paid employment relative to the working population diminishes then we must either break down the barrier between employment and work or be condemned to live in a society permanently divided between the employed and growing numbers of the unemployed . |
| 3 | When Eric Cantona , having completed his first full 90 minutes , embraced Mark Hughes at the end of this significant victory , it was apt that McClair should quietly shuffle down the tunnel . |
| 4 | Oh no , that 'll just shut down the gain and this |
| 5 | And said , oh , let's go and find a cup of coffee but , have a bit of a walk and walk down to conference but we 'll not walk down the prom |
| 6 | Oh yes I know one man there now , well he 's so dumb he 'd rather go down the hold , than he would do marking the pencil and paper . |
| 7 | He 's so thick , you know he 'll say right I 'll go down the hold , I 'll do the humping , what they call humping , he 'll do that , loading these slings or bags , rather than him standing there and say well ten bags in that sling , put ten down , he could n't do that , so he 'd rather go down the hold that 's happened . |
| 8 | However , Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system . |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't let down the guv'nor , ’ Bob said cheerfully . |
| 10 | No , in the end we just could n't turn down the money . |
| 11 | Having perfected each manoeuvre in the flat water , I could then sail down the estuary to the open sea and practise what I had learned on the waves . |
| 12 | Mr Craxi thinks the new rules would penalise smaller parties such as his own ; hence the speculation that he would rather bring down the government than allow the referendums to happen . |
| 13 | On Europe , to put it beyond all doubt in this House , in the country , and on the continent , will my right hon. Friend reaffirm that it is the policy of Her Majesty 's Government that Britain shall not go down the route of a federal Europe and that it is for Britain to decide on the future of her own currency ? |
| 14 | If she should mention to Constance that someone had treated her shabbily and Constance referred the matter to her brothers , they would uncomplainingly track down the brute and teach him manners . |
| 15 | The increased competition from imported coal which the proposed privatization of the electricity industry was expected to unleash would also force down the price of British mined coal — most of which is used in CEGB power stations . |
| 16 | The brewers argued that introducing arbitration would inevitably slow down the process of negotiating agreements . |
| 17 | Why do some women see marriage as an absolute priority from the start of a relationship , yet others would n't sashay down the aisle if their lives depended on it ? |
| 18 | So far from sending prices up , the abolition of licensing would immediately bring down the market price of existing houses and would in a short time begin to make an impression on the costs of new ones ; for the pressure of demand for new houses at a cost of nearly £2,000 apiece for a council-type is , in our opinion , very limited . |
| 19 | Well I ca n't go down the square that 'll be too much , but I mean |
| 20 | Look at all the sand , you ca n't get down the sand 's so deep . |
| 21 | You ca n't get down the escalator , everyone 's looking at you , then there are all these other young things flipping around the changing rooms in the shops . |
| 22 | He would then turn down the fell and begin to race , faster as it grew steeper , more furiously as the half-ton of slate threatened to catch him up and ( as happened regularly ) crush against him , until , blown with exhaustion , he reached the unloading bays at the foot of the fell . |
| 23 | The women may close down the village boozer , but they will not shut down the business altogether . |
| 24 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA yesterday revealed that she will finally bring down the curtain on her incredible career at the end of next year . |
| 25 | Hence any improvement in efficiency or availability of contraception will always drive down the birth-rate . |
| 26 | These cells will later lay down the skeleton and move on the inner wall of the blastula to take up a characteristic ring-like pattern . |
| 27 | This process will inevitably continue down the system to the point where the words are actually translated into teaching acts . |
| 28 | Do not make the concrete too sloppy , or it will simply slide down the earth steps and force its way out at the bottom tread . |
| 29 | The body will go down and disappear under the water , and the murderers will then go down the pipe themselves , and swim across the moat . ’ |
| 30 | The bowler starts things off by pressing the Bowl button ; the ‘ ball ’ will then move down the pitch at a rate selected by the Bowling rate switch . |