Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two do n't mix and the indigestion makes sure he is still alert enough to touch down at Blackbushe . |
| 2 | ‘ However shallow injection is best suited to getting rid of dirty water because the material has to be liquid enough to flow down narrow tubes . ’ |
| 3 | The lunar light gleamed on gold , and his intake of breath was almost loud enough to echo down the alleyway . |
| 4 | Brahmadaitya are kind to humans , though should one be foolish enough to chop down the palm tree where this spirit lives , the offender 's neck will be snapped , like a twig . |
| 5 | Most of them would not go on , but three were brave enough to go down into the valley . |
| 6 | Is it serious enough to bring down John Major in the way the Poll Tax brought down Margaret Thatcher ? |
| 7 | After High Crag there is a steep , badly eroded descent to Scarth Gap from where it would be easy enough to descend down into Ennerdale . |
| 8 | It was easy enough to climb down the covers on to the floor . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the new wealth was subject to some control through institutions which were central to the image of Arab government ( household , lineage ) even if the wider groupings were likely eventually to break down under the pressures of differentiation . |
| 10 | It 's hard enough to break down the old prejudices — I know that from experience . |
| 11 | The expedition organisers hope Harry Taylor will be fit enough to come down when the storm passes in 24 hours . |
| 12 | He was too alert not to catch the look and he was swift enough to look down in the same instant at his cup . |
| 13 | First of all you started off with a reference to P P G twelve , and I fear my pen was n't fast enough to note down the paragraph number , perhaps you could remind me ? |
| 14 | SATELLITES : They are in SPACE and stay there by going so fast that they never stay in one place long enough to fall down . |
| 15 | When she was in her room , when The Bar was closed , she had a recurring fantasy in which Boy 's black hair was long enough to reach down to his waist . |
| 16 | His films were relatively few and he felt confident enough to turn down a good many more films than a hungrier actor might have felt was healthy . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you feel well enough to come down ? ’ |
| 18 | He added : ‘ People from all over the country , people we have never heard of , have been good enough to sit down and write lengthy letters , to send flowers at great expense to a boy , just saying Tim Parry , Warrington , Cheshire , and it is getting to the house . |
| 19 | It was good just to sit down , and she was tempted to rest her head against the partition and get some sleep . |
| 20 | She 's happy just to sit down . |
| 21 | yeah what 's one of them erm and the C C Q is a structured notepad are you happy just to take down one or two details , will that be okay ? |
| 22 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 23 | Non-existent until about I should n't think there was an a bus did come to the bottom of Road , I ca n't remember what was , it must have been about nineteen twenty I suppose something like that , it used to go to the bottom of Road and turn round there , but I never er my mother always used to say you 'd ruin the trade , the trade down well I do n't believe it did really er now I think the lack of transport now you 've hit something there , lack of transport there encouraged people to shop in Green rather to go down the town cos you could get anything off Green you know , you just think you 'd ju you , you smiled about the er butcher 's shops , the grocer 's shops , the cake shops , you could get the gents , you could get anything on Green the ironmonger shop , you need n't go anywhere else but , when they started transport er yes I think the buses had quite a bit gradually cos things that , you do n't think get things happening in this country overnight I mean , they grow on you do n't they ? |
| 24 | ‘ If you 'd be kind enough to come down to the front door , I 'll explain everything . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And she was the only one thin enough to get down the hole . |
| 26 | Indeed , it was found to be difficult sometimes to keep down the number of journals to a manageable size . |
| 27 | 1 am keen now to get down to work . |
| 28 | Do n't be too embarrassed or shy actually to write down what you think is good about yourself . |