Example sentences of "[to-vb] down and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way . |
| 2 | She is one of many young researchers involved with the Expedicion Humana 1992 programme run by the Javeriana University in Bogota , which , in turn , is part of a worldwide project supported by the Royal Geographic Society to track down and codify the enormous body of information still existing in traditional native cultures worldwide . |
| 3 | This last decade he had spent in Vienna , obtaining sufficient funds from his family to be able to settle down and marry the only Russian girl amongst his acquaintances . |
| 4 | Was their purpose to debar wheeled vehicles from a congested part of the village , or to slow down and reduce the destructive effects of runoff during torrential rainstorms ? |
| 5 | Given that the sanctity of the Irish family is rigidly built into the Irish constitution , it was going to take years to break down and change the incredible legislative and political barriers . |
| 6 | Just a walk in those woods , a move closer to the edge to peer down and enjoy the full Lake Tourist sensation of Beauty in Horror , a lost footing , a clutching at Mr Crump for help , a swinging of Mr Crump around , a letting of Mr Crump go down , down , down into one of the most favoured of the Lake Tourists ' sites . |