Example sentences of "[verb] down a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sit down a minute , ’ said Simon . |
| 2 | Aggie drew in a long breath , bowed her head slightly and said , ‘ Aye , I know you did , love ; but come and sit down a minute . ’ |
| 3 | Si sit down a minute love |
| 4 | Sit down a minute . |
| 5 | That 's it , now sit down a minute ! |
| 6 | Sit down a minute |
| 7 | Sit down a minute . |
| 8 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
| 9 | Along this trench , oceanic crust with ophiolites and " turbidites " coming from the south-east was probably consumed down a Benioff zone . |
| 10 | Some of the episodes and dialogue are intentionally comic — as when the son helps a friendly local chief to shake off some warriors from a neighbouring tribe by bringing down a swarm of bees on them . |
| 11 | The rifle is capable of bringing down a helicopter , and has a killing range of more than a mile . |
| 12 | He further let it be known — in the most careless way imaginable , like a good gun bringing down a bird without breaking a conversational flow — that he was a bachelor , a man of wealth , a friend of the Prime Minister and , in an amiable manner , on the lookout for a secure investment in matrimony . |
| 13 | Traffic lights throughout Seaham were thrown into chaos yesterday after a heavy goods vehicle hit a post on the Times Inn bank , bringing down an electricity cable . |
| 14 | So I got down an entry , eating it . |
| 15 | In a March speech at the Hotel Cecil he laid down a plan of submitting food taxes — the most controversial item — to a referendum . |
| 16 | The getaway driver , in a blue Ford , laid down a burst of suppressing fire , forcing the bodyguards to dive for cover . |
| 17 | The troops would n't leave the trenches , so the French generals laid down a barrage on them . |
| 18 | Troops laid down a smokescreen to cover the rescue of the victims , who were not immediately named . |
| 19 | Mel Chin ( USA , b. 1951 ) laid down a field of plants which extract heavy metals from the ground by a process called hyperaccumulation , in his ‘ Revival field Netherlands : simultaneous replicated field experiments ’ . |
| 20 | Then you laid down a bed of branches . |
| 21 | Those objections have been overridden , not least because USAir has lost $1 billion in the past three years and urgently needs BA 's cash , although the US transportation secretary , Federico Pena , laid down a warning marker on the type of negotiations to come when asked about British resistance to allowing US airlines to land at Heathrow Airport . |
| 22 | In the same way , the laws of thermodynamics laid down a framework within which engines and refrigerators operate . |
| 23 | Back again to the fundamental question of whether or not he was idle , he worried at it like a terrier , then laid down a challenge . |
| 24 | Major-General Frank Kitson , writing in 1977 , laid down a code of basic principles for the guidance of a government fighting terrorism . |
| 25 | ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’ |
| 26 | THE LATE Jock Stein laid down a strategy for the World Cup when he said that a team could wear working clothes to qualify , but needed to find evening dress for the event itself . |
| 27 | It may happen when parents have indoctrinated their children , that is , laid down a set of beliefs without allowing the children freedom to think for themselves and to come up with their own reactions . |
| 28 | In the end the company became frustrated by lengthy negotiations and laid down an ultimatum saying it wanted an answer by September 1988 . |
| 29 | The voice was sun-warm , rough smoothed down a notch with sympathy ; the accent had a home : Santos Angeles . |
| 30 | Use your pistol to dispense with individual guards or your machine gun to mow down a line of enemies . |