Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have sat down with Pascoe and eaten the food and drunk the wine with her murder still at his fingertips . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't suppose he could have gone down to Miller 's End ? ’ |
| 3 | Dr Pugh said equipment such as stair gates and fire guards could help cut down on accidents , but added : ‘ The reality is most people ca n't afford a cycling helmet and the price of safety gates is quite horrendous . ’ |
| 4 | The monastery may have been sacked by Vikings or it may have fallen down through neglect , but either way it needed reviving . |
| 5 | These beliefs of Rousseau would have filtered down to Wordsworth in any case ; like the cult of Feeling ( see Jane Austen : Sense and Sensibility ) they were part of the climate of opinion by the 1790s . |
| 6 | It was on just such a dais as this above the feudal retainers , he supposed , that the Saxon thanes would have sat down to trenchers of roasted wild duck and suckling pig . |
| 7 | But it can greatly increase comfort levels in cost weather , and can help cut down on condensation too . |