Example sentences of "[to-vb] down in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 2 | She was glad to get home , to wash the grit from the paths off her feet , to sit down in the cool unglaring indoors . |
| 3 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'll have to go down in the fattening fields with the cows . ’ |
| 5 | He was too alert not to catch the look and he was swift enough to look down in the same instant at his cup . |
| 6 | If it becomes obvious during the base leg or final turn that you are far too high to be able to get down in the chosen field , it is often possible to make an S-turn to use up some of the height . |
| 7 | Nigel Duerdoth of the National Federation of Housing Associations thinks that the new payment system for hostels is ‘ most likely to break down in the inner cities — the areas where stress is greatest and hostels are most concentrated and needed ’ . |
| 8 | It began to break down in the post-war years and during that period , too , the concentration of control functions in London also began to increase . |
| 9 | He had to kneel down in the muddy track , damaging his trousers , reminding him of playground agonies ; he gripped , tugged , balanced . |