Example sentences of "[to-vb] down [prep] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what happened is that the literate women arranged their time so that every day they now have an hour set by to sit down with one of the illiterates and that 's how the literacy campaign is operating at the moment . |
| 2 | Those are the first ones you contact but you still have to sit down with one of the estate agents and say , Well look what sort of business do you give them ? |
| 3 | He urged her to sit down on one of the hard , gilded sofas for a moment . |
| 4 | Resentfully Kate took it from him before moving to sit down on one of the sofas . |
| 5 | He dropped ice into his glass and crossed to sink down into one of the nearby sofas . |
| 6 | Er an and the the bloke who did it erm has got to go down as one of the ratbags of the year . |
| 7 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 8 | It was a huge thing , hanging in the air from a beam , its duct turned to point down over one of the stalls . |
| 9 | Rachel gave the girl some analgesics for her pain , persuaded her to lie down on one of the beds then pulled the curtains around her to enable her to rest . |
| 10 | It 's like the same issue we talked about the three year plan projects if necessary we 'll have to slow down on some of the projects , certainly to get through this budget year intact . |
| 11 | Each year the GHS asks ‘ in the 14 days prior to interview have you had to cut down on any of the things you usually do ( about the house/at work or in your free time ) because of illness or injury ? ’ |