Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] down [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Requests for assistance or consultation lead to a fairly high level of interruption and noise in the office , which may slow down other work and even make holding a telephone conversation difficult . |
| 2 | They do n't see why you should bring down such a beautiful tree . |
| 3 | The individual must look down that list and check that there are no other complicating features that the patient might have before administration of the drug . |
| 4 | I do n't want to have a working party , but I 'm wondering if we should lay down some sort of set of timetable and dates . |
| 5 | The EC should set down minimum standards of health and safety and employee rights , leaving national governments and enterprises to decide how to meet them , subject ultimately to the judgement of the courts . |
| 6 | And maybe we should take down some of the torches . ’ |
| 7 | To perform this effectively you should hold down each full chord voicing wherever possible , so that if you pick any strings accidentally the notes that sound will still be okay ! |
| 8 | Obviously a great thickness of sediment must he heavy and must press down that part of the crust on which it rests , just as the weight of continental ice caused subsidence of the great land masses during the Pleistocene . |
| 9 | Today or tomorrow I really should put down some more fertilizer particularly on those brown patches there are some brown strips in the front lawn . |
| 10 | John Fenney , owner of Croft Golf Centre , in Cross Lane , Croft , near Warrington , has been told he must pull down 10 of his 20 driving bays . |
| 11 | Such applications were prefigured by Michael Frayn some 20 years ago in his novel The Tin Men which features a computer programmed to pray , so that its orisons might bring down divine favour in accordance with Christian teaching : the computer having no selfish motives , its disinterested sincerity can not be doubted . |
| 12 | I know in our case , and therefore probably in a lot that it is n't always possible , they 'll always find a way in , but if there was some perhaps advice to people it might bring down this number of complaints , that you could perhaps do before the wasp season begins , I do n't know whether that 's a possibility or not . |
| 13 | ‘ A cold compress might take down that swellin' … ’ |
| 14 | This is quite enough until lunchtime when you might hunt down some dim sum , steamed pork buns and the like for $1-$2 a basket in the local Chinatown , or hit the deli for another American institution , the sandwich . |
| 15 | ‘ If you 're going to start trotting out the right answers for the wrong reasons you 'll go down great with my grandfather — what are you doing now — practising ? ’ |
| 16 | And I 'll go down ready to move . |
| 17 | You might walk down sombre corridors and gaze upon dim , seldom-used halls , and you might run your hand across the scarred surfaces of the old walls , and then , without the least warning , you would find yourself in a sun-drenched quadrangle , or a courtyard where gentians grew or mountain ash flared . |
| 18 | So we might go down that weekend for Rachel and then after Christmas |
| 19 | With a bit of luck you might go down this time . |
| 20 | I 'll write down any differences on here and make sure you write them down at the end . |
| 21 | ‘ The doc 's going again today , and I 'll get down this evening . ’ |
| 22 | so we 'll get down this afternoon then , alright , fair enough at least we know what we 're doing now Your bedroom 's a tip . |
| 23 | You may or may not be able to do that because it may have lost consciousness , alright , but we 'll put down warm drink if possible . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'll put down three weighted floodlights and suspend them about twenty feet above the bottom . |
| 25 | Oh so if you press enter it 'll come down one line . |
| 26 | Oh we 'll come down another day and look , that 's nice in n it ? |
| 27 | Well I 'll pop down this afternoon . |
| 28 | No I 'll just say I 'll pop down some time |
| 29 | Buckinghamshire are playing Leicestershire … just the day for a game of cup cricket … just the day for the local people to come out and see if their team could knock down one of the high and mighty … |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't come the old acid with me , ’ said his better half , ‘ you ai n't seen any bloke about a job since Noah built the Ark , and if anyone offered you one you 'd fall down dead . |