Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cough again looking down at the tile floor of the room . |
| 2 | Mr Clarke revealed the fresh job losses when he addressed the annual conference of the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers in Weymouth , where he faced angry questions from delegates who feel badly let down by the corporation . |
| 3 | The vines are greedy — hardy , and they push deep roots down into the soil , but they are also vulnerable . |
| 4 | Even though the ball is further back in your stance , try not to chop down into the ball . |
| 5 | Sheer orders of magnitude matter , and the orders of magnitude do not come down on the side of the real-balance effect . |
| 6 | It is not that English people do not lie down in the bedroom , or that French people do not have keys , but rather they choose different salient characteristics for the expression of that specific meaning . |
| 7 | As long as you do n't go down into the attic , I 'm sure I 've told you this , he goes as long as you do n't go down into the attic . |
| 8 | As long as you do n't go down into the attic , I 'm sure I 've told you this , he goes as long as you do n't go down into the attic . |
| 9 | I do n't drop down into the deck well , overcrowded as it is , but remain on the edge , with arms woven around the chrome railings for safety . |
| 10 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 11 | Do n't venture down into the shop . |
| 12 | Do n't cut down on the amount you drink as you need a regular amount of liquid , but do n't have too much after teatime . |
| 13 | Do n't lie down on the sands where the hole in the sky is . |
| 14 | Do n't come down to the kitchen . |
| 15 | " I 've only popped down for a cup of tea . " |
| 16 | I 've just sat down on a hairbrush ! ’ |
| 17 | We got votes against our proposals with no reasons given at all , you 've now got down to the point of having no reasons at all for opposing what we want to do . |
| 18 | But look a little more deeply and you will see that something else has happened too ; if a number of people have gone down with the cold , does not it mean that a number of people have not gone down with the cold ? |
| 19 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 20 | Needless to say Jeffery , and many others , have had little difficulty in showing how all such attempts have inevitably boiled down to the arbitrary moral predilections of the criminologists concerned . |
| 21 | Yes , they have n't clipped down on the front . |
| 22 | But in Latin America , even the crudest indicators such as per capita GNP , or gross national product ( which takes no account of wealth distribution ) show that people 's incomes have actually gone down in the last few years and their health , education and nutrition have gone down with them . |