Example sentences of "have [to-vb] down a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that British Coal has to shut down a large amount of its production capacity , and this they attempted last autumn . |
| 2 | having to cut down a little bit but I enjoy my look at Dartmoor when I get out there and I 'm busy with the church and |
| 3 | Pulled in by the cops , having to rescue a naked vicar and now it looked as if I was going to have to talk down a paranoid lesbian . |
| 4 | Gone are the days when you had to slide down a muddy bank and hold an old mercury one at arms length . |
| 5 | Firemen had to damp down a burning car which caught fire early yesterday morning on the A1(M) . |
| 6 | It was a bad moment and I had to put down a swift impulse to rush to the side and throw myself over . |