Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shouted to his riders , at least those near enough to hear , to try not to ride down any mounted men in their way , as those would likely be their own folk , it being improbable that the enemy would have been able to catch any of the fleeing horses . |
| 2 | Yet in spite of this physical transformation , the statistics of unemployment and homelessness , which of course are not cited by the LDDC , show that LDDC-led ‘ regeneration ’ has not trickled down very far into the working class communities of East London . |
| 3 | In Northern Regional Health Authority v Derek Crouch Construction Co Ltd [ 1984 ] 1 QB 644 , the Court of Appeal held that the courts do not have jurisdiction over certain types of building disputes because of the wording of the arbitration clause in the construction industry 's standard form contracts , and that the court should not alter agreed machinery for resolving disputes where that machinery has not broken down . |
| 4 | Stressing the need ‘ to behave in a manner which is neither racist nor sexist , ’ ‘ to uphold individual rights , ’ and ‘ to cooperate and consult with the community and other agencies in pursuing our purpose ’ has not gone down well with conservative officers . |
| 5 | This has not gone down too well with the Torinese , who want a more prestigious side to inaugurate their new stadium . |
| 6 | Avnet Inc 's proposed acquisition of Hall-Mark Electronics Corp has not gone down to well with Standard & Poor 's Corp , which said it may cut the distributors $100m of A-plus-rated subordinated debt . |
| 7 | One could , of course , still say that the total entropy , including the entropy inside the black hole , has not gone down — but since there is no way to look inside the black hole , we can not see how much entropy the matter inside it has . |
| 8 | As a student of these matters , surely the hon. Gentleman recognises that in , for example , the past five years , the peak age for offending for a young male has not gone down but gone up . |
| 9 | According to the Cambridge-based World Conservation Monitoring Centre , almost all of this oil has already been washed ashore or is in the shallows along 200km of Saudi coast ; it has not moved down to the southern Gulf , where most of the turtles and dugongs live . |
| 10 | One consequence of time spent on foreign policy is that there are still subjects on which the president himself has not laid down detailed marching orders to his staff . |
| 11 | I take that view because the point has never been decided by this court or in the House of Lords and , as I have explained above , this court , in considering whether private corporations can sue for libel at common law , has not laid down any principle which is conclusive of the point raised in this case . |
| 12 | He clung to the sides of the basket with all his strength and tried not to look down . |
| 13 | I just tried not to look down . |
| 14 | he has n't broken down the mileage into how it 's assigned . |
| 15 | The ultimate expression of player power has n't gone down too well back in New Zealand , where the NZRFU chief executive George Verry said : ‘ I ca n't recall a precedent for such comments , but I 'm sure the rules have provisions for dealing with players who bring the game into disrepute ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Has n't slipped down either . ’ |
| 17 | I took her in after her mother died , but she has n't settled down - " |
| 18 | If James has n't come down by the time you get back , I promise to go and get you a drink , my darling , dearest , demanding wife . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I was very happy when I learned I had got a place at Oxford and my mum still has n't come down to earth yet . |
| 20 | He 's putting the flues on and he has n't come down to check it so if he 's down here I 'm gon na bloody tell him . |
| 21 | Also , I 've decided not to brush down the table or re-mark it or clean the balls : I reckon a few bad kicks and some low-lying grit on the baize will unsettle him more than they will me . |
| 22 | Later , comedians adapted the words to ‘ Do n't go down the mine , Daddy , there 's plenty coal in the cellar ’ . |
| 23 | But they would n't they do n't come down normally to ? |
| 24 | However , there is also your prose side , which urges time not to slow down but hurry up . |
| 25 | I 'll try not to fall down the step when I go . |
| 26 | And one , two and and , you 've got it , yeah , yeah , do it once again , and try , the other thing , is try not to hold down that D , as you play the C , it 's not important , but , it 's better if you do n't . |
| 27 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 28 | Even though the ball is further back in your stance , try not to chop down into the ball . |
| 29 | Try not to break down as I read the roll of honour : the golden vision Alex Young , the Huyton Hercules Peter Reid , the Blackpool buzzbomb Alan Ball , the Tyneside tornado Howard Kendall , the Birmingham blockbuster Bob Latchford and the Llandudno leopard Neville Southall . |
| 30 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |