Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he got down to Punctuality and Considerateness as a Driver , he decided to give up and improvise . |
| 2 | Once you got down to Question 11 , the questioner would get a deeply unhelpful written response which would , if the civil servants knew their business , leave no one any the wiser . |
| 3 | On the summer 's day that Michael Caine was being interviewed , he and the researcher sat and watched Wimbledon on the telly together for an hour or so before they got down to work . |
| 4 | Two minutes later , after Paul had threatened the loss of the contract , he had picked up his brush again and , grumbling , got down to work . |
| 5 | She pulled a fresh pile of paper from her desk drawer , sharpened her pencil and got down to work . |
| 6 | The timing of the Bayeux speech — after the popular rejection of the first assembly 's draft and before a second assembly got down to work — suggests strongly that de Gaulle made it with the aim of influencing the constitution-making process . |
| 7 | It was when Trudie Sheppard retired that she really got down to work . |
| 8 | We , when we were dredging , we were dredging now from Cliff Quay and er used to get all this er grey mud and erm and the chalk and when we used to dredge , we got down to chalk er , more or less the depth we wanted to go and anybody dredging down there today if they dredge the chalk at Cliff Quay that 's the depth of water you want and erm then we dredged erm just below erm and then we went to Freston Freston we were dredging peat . |
| 9 | We got down to number tend and they were all one liners . |
| 10 | If all the do-gooders in the town got down to grass roots and worked towards a better future for the next generation , this town would be a better one to live in . |
| 11 | Nor did the cheering cease when the runners got down to business and the three-mile race commenced , for at almost every fence Arkle and Mill House produced leaps which drew from the spectators whoops of appreciation . |
| 12 | After the usual social exchanges we got down to business explaining the range of counselling that we could give and the various reasons why we thought it was important to ‘ talk about it ’ . |
| 13 | It had n't taken Sister Anne long to discover how intelligent Topaz was and , as the former was a born teacher , she forgot all about the gold earrings and the unseemly deportment and got down to business . |
| 14 | After the obligatory preamble on the weather he got down to business . |
| 15 | That would be a very good thing , she shouted back , but her inner self did n't agree and , muttering under her breath at her unruly self , she pushed unanswerable questions to the back of her mind and got down to business . |
| 16 | Legging it , they got down behind cover just as the last second ran out . |
| 17 | John got down in front of Dad and looked up into his face and said , ‘ It 's our flight . ’ |
| 18 | This phenomenon they used to their advantage by constructing net traps at such points which caught the confused fowl as they fluttered down to Earth . |
| 19 | The items in this inventory were modelled on the list of symptoms used by psychiatrists to diagnose the borderline condition of ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ referred to earlier , but toned down for use with non-clinical populations . |
| 20 | The European Council " underlines the importance of respecting the timetable laid down for ratification to ensure in any case the entry into force of the Treaty as of Jan. 1 , 1993 " . |
| 21 | Sometimes it is hard to love a rebellious and rude teenager , to endure the appalling racket of pop music , to cope with disobedience and flagrant disregard of rules laid down for family life . |
| 22 | Chapman 's absolute authority over the team and his concern for their performance on the field was highlighted by the firm rule he laid down for match days . |
| 23 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 24 | Also attracting interest is Arthur Boyd 's ‘ Frightened Bridegroom II ’ ( signed , oil and tempera on muslin laid down on masonite , 137x183cm ) , painted in 1958 . |
| 25 | This sale of modern paintings will have as its top lot Chagall 's ‘ Self portrait with flowers ’ , 1969-70 , with the estimate of £200–300,000 ( $350–530,000 ) , and will also put on offer Modigliani 's drawing of circa 1914 ‘ Caryatide ’ ( charcoal on paper laid down on canvas , 71.5x49cm , est. £70–90,000 ; $125–160,000 ) . |
| 26 | As such it is seen as the first part of a larger work , to be completed by sequel works of a similar kind but which will be separately specified and will be covered by separate agreements in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in Clause 14.1 . |
| 27 | Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . |
| 28 | ‘ For a long time the courts have , without objection from Parliament , supplemented procedure laid down in legislation where they have found that to be necessary for this purpose . |
| 29 | ‘ For a long time the courts have , without objection from Parliament , supplemented procedure laid down in legislation where they have found that to be necessary for this purpose . |
| 30 | Is he aware that that figure is now 0.4 per cent. , which is way below the guidelines laid down in legislation ? |