Example sentences of "[noun sg] down and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were up and ready for inspection , with the tent down and folded back into a small square by six thirty . |
| 2 | Visitors young and old let their hair down and enjoyed the entertainment , which ranged from clowns and bouncy castles to computer games and a disco . |
| 3 | But Christmas and new year is our time to let our hair down and sit our old traditional ballads . |
| 4 | I think you really ought to let your hair down and become one horny bitch ! |
| 5 | Well , er at Christmas time and the new year time , we can let our hair down and sing the old traditional ballads , maybe |
| 6 | Robert patted his hair down and tried to formulate a few opening remarks . |
| 7 | A good remoisturising conditioner contains non-greasy oils to trap in the moisture without dragging the hair down and making it lank . |
| 8 | She looked at them for a moment with pleasure and then set the bucket down and turned to Murphy . |
| 9 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
| 10 | We 've got to recognise , if there was no following policy , any thief or drunk driver only has to put their toe down and drive away at speed , comfortable that police wo n't follow them and that is far more dangerous in the long run for the public . |
| 11 | Then , seemingly not in any hurry to state his business and be away , he put his briefcase down and queried , ‘ But you are expecting someone tonight ? ’ |
| 12 | He put the guitar down and went on with his story . |
| 13 | survival course down and try not to take any trees . |
| 14 | Putting the parcel down and making herself breathe calmly , she unpeeled the paper and took out two flat paper envelopes — packets of seeds — and a little wooden block with wire on it . |
| 15 | Springfield slid the aerial down and directed a relieved grin at the quizzical expressions on the faces of his watching companions . |
| 16 | There were plans to knock the building down and move patients elsewhere . |
| 17 | I remember planting my foot down and hearing a snap . |
| 18 | ‘ Can I put my other foot down and turn round , please , while I show you ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Get your foot down and switch on the siren . ’ |
| 20 | She did n't answer , just put her foot down and sent the Cortina faster and faster through the night . |
| 21 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 22 | I should have just put my foot down and knocked him over . |
| 23 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 24 | After a year or two of keeping house for Hugh , she put her foot down and said it was ridiculous not to use her money . |
| 25 | Er , and I mean , as was conventional in those days , you educate , your sons went to school and you try and , educated your girls at home , but the , the aunt put her foot down and said she would n't do it . |
| 26 | He put his foot down and roared away . |
| 27 | The guys just put their foot down and get through . |
| 28 | foot down and get past him and out the way . |
| 29 | Then put your foot down and demand one of these funky Quickjoy Foot-Pedals for your next birthday ! |
| 30 | Muttering very unscientific speculations in a number of alien languages about the car 's origins and usefulness , the Doctor kept his foot down and did his best to avoid the holes in the road . |