Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 2 | I do n't want to go down the village , I want to go down the shops . |
| 3 | But Charlton said : ‘ I ca n't consider watering down the team for Lithuania in anticipation of Spain . |
| 4 | Because there is so little drag on crossing two stitches every four rows this is one time when you will not need to take down a stitch to either side of the cable . |
| 5 | ‘ Mac , ’ as of course he was known , would promise to bring down the wrath of almighty God on them if he found them in the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , when they should be ‘ capable of , and available for work , ’ as one had to be in those days . |
| 6 | Your trousers , which can carry braiding down the outside seam as decoration , should be supported , however , and by braces . |
| 7 | I would n't fancy going down no bloody motorway , hundred eight in one of them ! |
| 8 | ‘ No woman would ever want to walk down the aisle thinking that she was the bet in a silly game of golf . ’ |
| 9 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 10 | Do you remember going down a erm , a ha a ahem |
| 11 | ‘ I can remember going down the Speakeasy with The Clash to look for models to give us cocaine and blow jobs . |
| 12 | Would you mind pulling down the blinds ? |
| 13 | Few meetings would dare to vote down a pay rise , but the threat of such a vote — and the awkward , embarrassing questions that might accompany it — would be a valuable restraint . |
| 14 | Before concluding I would just like to put down a few words on permission and such like . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd like to stay down a little while — hear more about your family , too . |
| 16 | let's hope that it will begin to break down the isolation and conservatism of some fine art departments . |
| 17 | Players do not like setting down an instrument that has just become nicely warmed up , and taking up a cold one , unless there is a very good reason for it . |
| 18 | Note that some types of motorised valve can not be serviced and have to be replaced ( a job that will entail draining down the entire system ) , but on many newer models it is possible to replace the valve motor and free the valve spindle if it is jammed , without having to interfere with the plumbing . |
| 19 | I wish that the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues would stop running down the improvements that have been made in the national health service . |
| 20 | Will I have to strip down the tank and start again ? |
| 21 | A number of changes will have occurred : it will have lost ten to fifteen per cent of its weight through loss of water ; the cell structures in the meat will have broken down ; the proteins will have changed into individual amino acids ( developing the flavour ) ; the muscle filaments — yes , the noble carcass is no more than a collection of muscles , bone and fat — will have broken down a bit and become more tender . |
| 22 | No longer did they have to go down the backstairs during the night , and into the yard and across it to where the three outdoor lavatories stood . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll have to go down the off-licence . ’ |
| 24 | No , oh I know what I never got that ai n't finished I 'll have to go down the shops , I might go down |
| 25 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 26 | If this does not work , you will have to drain down the pipe and remove the fitting . |
| 27 | An employer will have to write down the assessment as a record only if it is too complex to repeat when necessary . |
| 28 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 29 | The believe planners should have turned down the application . |
| 30 | If downpipes get blocked you could try pushing down a pole with a rag tied to the end . |