Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I w I walked all through that Nigerian mob and I thought oh we I 'll walk down the ticket desk , see if this is all shut |
| 2 | He 's so thick , you know he 'll say right I 'll go down the hold , I 'll do the humping , what they call humping , he 'll do that , loading these slings or bags , rather than him standing there and say well ten bags in that sling , put ten down , he could n't do that , so he 'd rather go down the hold that 's happened . |
| 3 | Oh go on , yeah but Alex you were n't going , I I 'll go down the field and look . |
| 4 | ‘ If you refuse to let me in , then I 'll break down the door ! ’ |
| 5 | I 'll turn down the heat when I get back . " |
| 6 | I managed to wriggle my hands out of the tape so I could pull down the gag , poke my head out of the sack and breathe more freely . |
| 7 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 8 | I leaned further over until I could see down the line of houses . |
| 9 | Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean . |
| 10 | We were on the top flat , so I could n't get out to play ; my Ma was feared I 'd fall down the stone stairs and break my neck . |
| 11 | If it 's Joe 's I 'm getting a piece of paper so I can write down the homework . |
| 12 | For extended periods of a week or more , you must drain down the household plumbing system . |
| 13 | That 's where he 's away this weekend to her place , and then he 's going next weekend because there 's some wedding do or something er so he 's to go next weekend , he goes there , stays with her parents and then she 'll come down the weekend after that and stay at our house . |
| 14 | But fitzAlan spoke again before she could pin down the feeling . |
| 15 | Eventually , after failing to distract Gentle from his labours , she 'd put down the phone and traipsed back to her cold bed in a foul humour . |
| 16 | ‘ There was a lot to do with telephones , ’ says Ian , ‘ like you could turn down the stereo as you picked up the phone ! ’ |
| 17 | According to classical mechanics , in theory you could write down the position and momentum of every single particle in the universe ; you could therefore work out how everything is going backwards and forwards in time , obviously by highly complicated equations , but in theory , everything 's predicted so everything 's totally determined from beginning to end ; but quantum mechanics says that you can never record the momentum and position of everything identically because of the Uncertainty Principle . |
| 18 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |
| 19 | If you can throw down the shoulder line , then you might as well put the ball in the jumper 's hands , never mind throw it to him . |
| 20 | Yes , erm , you can come down the night before conference ca n't we so , |
| 21 | Mark the spot on the surface just beyond the distance you can see down the burrow , and this is where you dig your first hole . |
| 22 | Once this is done , the postcard will open out and you can cut down the centre as in the second diagram enabling you to walk through it . |
| 23 | So what I 'm saying is , is lead time in lots of business is highly valuable but if you can cut down the delivery time and give them more lead time you 're actually extending |
| 24 | With this icon highlighted , you can pop down the File menu and select Properties . |
| 25 | So you can write down the delegation and photocopy it and give it to somebody . |
| 26 | You ca n't usually " turn off " the picture in the same way you can turn down the sound but there are various ways you can organise things so that the class is presented with the soundtrack only : |
| 27 | Now I think we should bring down the curtain on this little episode , and go to bed . |
| 28 | We must break down the study door . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll go down the back way , ’ Nanny told her , ‘ and out through the kitchen gardens . ’ |
| 30 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |