Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off . |
| 2 | Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky . |
| 3 | For some reason , this letter so unnerved her that she thought she must rush down to the sea at once , and run the thudding in her head quite out of it . |
| 4 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |
| 5 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 6 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 7 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 8 | If you do end it should go down to the end . |
| 9 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 10 | ‘ This must lead down to the road , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 11 | ‘ The other must come down from the Ridgery . ’ |
| 12 | I should sit down to the job Tim and you wo n't fall over . |
| 13 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 14 | For now you must lie down on the bed and go to sleep . ’ |
| 15 | With me on his back he must fly down to the Gruncher . |
| 16 | Instead of being critical , adversarial or even sceptical , the media should bow down to the needs of the country so as to encourage development across all sectors . |
| 17 | First the Cutty Sark and then we 'll explore down by the river . |
| 18 | Tell you what — get yourself cleaned up and dressed and I 'll run down to the house for something . " |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll go down to the station and talk to Perks , ’ she thought . |
| 20 | He was sixty-four now , and no doubt tired , but as soon as we had finished tea he said , " We 'll go down to the river and you can try for a salmon . " |
| 21 | And , if you do n't mind , I think I 'll go down to the beach now . ’ |
| 22 | And I 'll go down to the church and park by the church , how about that ? |
| 23 | And he would go away , he would n't say , Come on we 'll go down to the cleaners and tell them , he would go away himself you see . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll go down to the village and see if they 've got any newspapers and magazines . ’ |
| 25 | I think what we 'll do is we 'll go down to the courtyard and I can show you more erm how that was done . |
| 26 | ‘ First , we 'll go down to the kitchen and pack a small picnic , ’ she told him , ‘ then , yes … we 'll make our way to Corporation Park . ’ |
| 27 | I 'll go down to the pool and have a barbecue there . |
| 28 | We 'll go down in the morning . ’ |
| 29 | Seventeen and four it is , you owe me one and threepence halfpenny , and it 'll go down in the book . |
| 30 | Now , just a shabby backwater in Belsize Park , but a nice , quiet area where a woman alone might walk down to the corner shop at midnight in safety and people minded their own business . |