Example sentences of "[verb] down and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give me a sit down and a good fucking stern talking to . |
| 2 | ‘ This is a good place to sit down and a good time to sit , ’ said the Friar , ‘ for judging from the condition of the sun , we should eat a little . |
| 3 | Forays had been made at night ; scaffolding had been torn down and a few workers employed in building Carewscourt had been killed . |
| 4 | During a mad session I finally made one after two weeks of trying and came down and a guy called Matt said ‘ Yeah you did it at last ’ . |
| 5 | However , the assets are written down and a better measure of the true value of the company is the near £600m which the stock market puts on it . |
| 6 | Dry cough at night worse ( < ) lying down and a loose cough in the morning . |
| 7 | Then Kurt has to shell out a considerable amount of money , maybe $25,000 , for the first class plane seats so that Courtney can fly home lying down and a specially appointed ambulance to pick her up at LA airport . |
| 8 | Many tales have been handed down and a great number of myths have been created around his memory . |
| 9 | So , if the business in which you work is expanding , but an associated employer 's business slims down and a long-serving employee of that other business is transferred to work for your company , resulting in your dismissal , you may be redundant . |
| 10 | The girl 's pink and white candy stripe skirt ( 26 stitches × 15 rows ) was removed on to a length of yarn so that the top could be drawn up and stitched in position around the waist ; the sides and hem of the skirt were then stitched down and a pink bow was added . |
| 11 | Even when the Ghorbanifar channel was closed down and a new one found , in mid-1986 , negotiations seldom rose above the level of the fortune teller and the bazaar . |
| 12 | On the environment the summit noted that the areas of scientific uncertainty had been narrowed down and a response could no longer be delayed , and adopted a declaration on guidelines for future action . |
| 13 | I received a few not so long ago complaining about this place , saying that it does not speak of God ; that it is a monument to a man-made religion ; that it ought to be pulled down and a block of flats built here instead , and the money spent on missionary work abroad . |
| 14 | The houses on the corner of Elmers End Road were pulled down and a large block of flats erected on the site . |
| 15 | Kuhn argued that the comparatively long periods of normal science were punctuated by crises when the existing paradigms broke down and a new paradigm , and eventually orthodoxy , would become established ; the Copernican revolution was a prime example of this . |
| 16 | Although the new military rulers eventually decided the tournament should go ahead , somehow the orders did not filter down and a group of soldiers stormed the court , forcing Ashe to take refuge in the dressing room with a machine gun pressing against his neck . |
| 17 | The car slowed down and a chill swept over as she caught a glimpse of the driver . |
| 18 | ‘ He looked down and a faint smile touched his mouth . |
| 19 | She lay down and a sweet slumber came . |
| 20 | Some boiler restoration was taking place but there was no doubt that Ingrow West was run down and a problem to the KWVR . |
| 21 | A POLICEMAN was stabbed , an armed raider gunned down and a pensioner blasted in a village shoot-out yesterday . |
| 22 | It can easily be taken down and a smaller movable one would be quite adequate . ’ |
| 23 | The landing gear was put down and a final turn was made towards the runway , then the full flap extension of 500 was selected and the final checks completed before landing . |
| 24 | It was at this critical moment that good sense got the better of the others , Big Pat was calmed down and a semblance of order was restored . |
| 25 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 26 | One afternoon towards the end of the voyage , when the sun was beating down and a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards , she leant out over the gunwale to look at the low strip of land that was in sight on the port beam . |
| 27 | When the King of Ireland reached a certain age , he would have to step down and a new king be chosen . |