Example sentences of "[vb base] down on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 2 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 3 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 4 | The cure was slow ; she ate a little more each day , cut down on the aerobic treadmill and her periods returned . |
| 5 | The Last Time on the slag heap , bumping face down on the old tray and scraping his knee . |
| 6 | She would go back to the lodgings , lie down on the lumpy bed and rest , and try again tomorrow . |
| 7 | Ms Johnston uses the world war as a springboard into other conflicts ; that between England and Ireland ; between Ireland north and south , and even within the south itself , as the English officers look down on the Irish men , and the northern Irish sergeant barely conceals his contempt for the southern Catholics in his ranks . |
| 8 | Below , I look down on the differing surfaces , the differing states of ripeness from light green through to gold . |
| 9 | At the end of this road , walk a short way over the grassy hillside and look down on the turquoise waters of the bay ( Baia de Abra ) . |
| 10 | From the terrace beside the chapel you look down on the playing fields of Eton . |
| 11 | The fairies of the wallpaper smile down on the conjugal bed , which is a single , as slim as a bunk . |
| 12 | Most conference venues fall down on the little matters of personal caring . |