Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well done , excellent , erm , as you can see , in some ways quite a complex er , issue , and it 's one of those things really , I think to fully understand this , you got to sit down with a pencil and paper and work it through yourself . |
| 2 | I got to sit down after that , and I find a wooden crate . |
| 3 | And I intend to go down to London . |
| 4 | When the students had free time she used to like to go down to Camberwell to a flower seller who sold mimosa , which is a kind of wattle . |
| 5 | Only that she did n't want to go down to the sea again . ’ |
| 6 | You do n't want to go down to the slides yet ? |
| 7 | but it 's , I , I do n't want to go down to work for hours Chris . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're desperate to put that right because we do n't want to go down as one-season wonders . |
| 9 | Do we really want to go down in history as the generation which sold for a mess of pottage the finest British companies , which have successfully built brand names and franchises of high repute over a century or more … ? |
| 10 | I do n't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless . |
| 11 | Since delivery only required one of us , I 'd undertaken to go down to Fraxilly while Mala stayed with the ship . |
| 12 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 13 | As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman . |
| 14 | I was astonished that he agreed to come down with you . |
| 15 | Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’ |
| 16 | Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The only reason I do n't punch you , ’ I said , ‘ is that I do n't want to come down to your level . ’ |
| 18 | He do n't want to come down to me cos I shall send him off ! |
| 19 | ‘ I like the freedom of being able to decide , tonight for example , whether I want to stay in the flat or whether I want to go down to Gloucestershire . |
| 20 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 21 | Is this how you want to go down in history ? |
| 22 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 23 | Danny has to go down on the floor , put his hands on hips and go , evening all ! |
| 24 | The couples frequently face each other looking into each other 's faces and appear to crouch over their feet slightly which emphasises the ‘ down to earth ’ quality as most steps appear to go down into and not out of the ground . |
| 25 | I do n't think it needs to go down under the barrier act . |
| 26 | He loves to go down to the factory floor and see the products being made . |
| 27 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 28 | It is already obvious that the columns vary according to the point size , you can get away quite happily with two columns across an A4 in 12 point , three would be better in 10 point and to get four you 'll need to go down to perhaps 8 point . |
| 29 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
| 30 | ‘ Then you 'll need to go down on your knees in that chapel Christian Timms built and call on someone more highly qualified than either me or Doctor Cheatle . |