Example sentences of "we [modal v] [vb infin] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , now , delightful as this badinage is , I think we should get down to work . |
| 2 | When she hesitated , hardly knowing what to say , he tipped the scales by proposing briskly , ‘ Perhaps we should get down to business . |
| 3 | Then occasionally when we had houses broken into and so on , if it was thought that a tramp could have been responsible , it used to be a great help if we gave out nine tickets for tramps and only eight of the nine were admitted to the casual ward , then we should clamp down of course on the one who failed to turn up . |
| 4 | However , it is generally agreed that we should cut down on fat and ear more foods containing complex carbohydrates ( starch and fibre-rich foods ) and include lots of fresh vegetables , fruit and a sensible amount of protein . |
| 5 | Again and again we hear the cry go up , ’ We must get down to marketing . ’ |
| 6 | I said , in fact , when she 's got herself sorted out we 'll go down to Poole Art Centre and see |
| 7 | The tapes and conversation details will all become completely anonymous no one will know who 's used the words or whose voice are on the tapes together they will provide a permanent record of how the English language is spoken in the nineteen nineties we 'll go down in posterity , eh ? |
| 8 | And then o over to the bungalow , now she 'll either do that she 'll do the shopping before we go off to the bungalow , maybe we 'll pop down to Asda and |
| 9 | We 'll fly down to Chernay and inspect the airstrip tomorrow . |
| 10 | Tomorrow we 'll get down to Act One in detail , and then on Wednesday we 'll — ’ |
| 11 | We 'll , we 'll get down at Southwold |
| 12 | Thought we might go down to Grafton for the Old Boys ’ match against the first XI . |
| 13 | that , and , and , I mean it 's probably better for George to do what he wants to do , rather to do what he do n't want to do because we used to be in the same predicament when we were doing cabaret , we 'd go down to London on the Saturday , we 'd leave here what about half three , four o'clock , so if we stayed in digs , we 'd be finished work say midnight , we 'd be back in digs for one , then he 'll go up till seven the next night |
| 14 | I thought we , we 'd go down to Ken 's on Thursday . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I thought we 'd drive down to Stephanie 's . |
| 16 | Then came the period when I used to hang out a lot just with DeFries and we 'd drive down to David and Angie 's place in Beckenham , Haddon Hall , on Sundays , and Angie would cook and we 'd sit around . |
| 17 | But we will get down to business right away . |
| 18 | We can go down to Aquae Sulis for a bit of steaming an' that , you need to get away funny time of the moon coming up , know what I mean ? |
| 19 | We can cut down on paper production and waste by , wherever possible , using re-cycled paper instead . |
| 20 | ‘ We can look down on Seal Court from a distance . |
| 21 | Anyway , now that I know what I 'm dealing with , we can get down to business . |