Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sister did not like this at all and called the paediatrician , who examined and decided that he ought to go down to the special care baby unit after all . |
| 2 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 3 | With me on his back he must fly down to the Gruncher . |
| 4 | then he 'll button down for a bit |
| 5 | Cos he might sit down in the middle |
| 6 | From where he stood , high up , he could look down on the roofs of the houses . |
| 7 | If he could do this then surely he could come down from the cross and save himself . |
| 8 | He could drive down to The Randolph , and sort out that lying sod Ashenden ! |
| 9 | Also Simon is one of my best mates and I knew he 'd buckle down with the right team if he was in with a chance of winning . ’ |
| 10 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 11 | He remembered an old tramp he used to watch down by the tube station near where he lived . |
| 12 | At nights he used to go down to the shore and look out across the sea you see and he wondered what was happening back home at Greentoft and fairly homesick . |
| 13 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 14 | My husband was mad on golf , and he used to go down into the park and send golf balls onto the lawn and then walk back through the rose garden which I put in the wrong place . |
| 15 | He would settle down to a contented programme of long walks , daily spells of observation in the Britches , and some leisurely reflection on work projects for his pupils next year . |
| 16 | Instead he would walk down to the river , take the path to the bridge and pick up his Police Review at Braddan 's on his way home . |
| 17 | Ahidjo decided in 1981 that for reasons of health , he would step down from the presidency but remain chairman of the ruling party , the Union Nationale Camerounaise ( UNC ) . |
| 18 | He would go down into the cellar tomorrow and put down some rat poison . |
| 19 | When his legs were more comfortable , he decided that he would go down to the town . |
| 20 | After tea , when the children were settled , he would go down to the pub and get half a bottle . |
| 21 | Since he was in the area , Owen decided he would go down to the river and take another look at the shoal on which Leila 's body had come to rest . |
| 22 | John Browne , the Conservative MP for Winchester since 1979 , announced on March 15 , 1990 , that he would stand down at the next general election . |
| 23 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 24 | ‘ If he was he would sit down at the negotiating table with us . ’ |
| 25 | And he would run down to the canal , leap into the water , and splash and frolic to his heart 's content . |
| 26 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 27 | He can doss down on the couch . ’ |
| 28 | EUROTUNNEL chairman Sir Alastair Morton is already planning for the moment he can step down from the £9 billion project . |
| 29 | Well he can er , he can come down to the original reduced figure . |
| 30 | He can get down to the nitty gritty and fight inside or he can stand back and box . |