Example sentences of "[to-vb] down in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifteen wickets were to go down in all that day , and although Gooch and Robinson made a sound start , once they were separated the procession continued as normal . |
| 2 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 3 | In August ( immediately prior to Suharto 's National Day speech ) a group of prominent Indonesians , including many of the original " Petition of 50 " , had issued a public demand to Suharto to stand down in 1993 and to permit greater democracy . |
| 4 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 5 | I 'll engage to pull down in three hours what you 'll be building up in as many years , in spite of all the lessons you can teach her . |
| 6 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 7 | The location of the book I felt was too important to put down in this note . |
| 8 | Often , as the night drew on , a number of people were seen to lie down in odd places , both in Partisan Street and on the Embankment . |
| 9 | It maketh me to lie down in wet places , |
| 10 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 11 | As Mittwoch ( 1990 : 125 ) points out , however , the fact that historically make vacillated for a long time between to and zero ( cf. the biblical He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ) calls for a deeper explanation of why the bare infinitive won out . |
| 12 | More than one champion had failed to get down in two from that spot . |
| 13 | It would be premature , and indeed impertinent , if we were to attempt to lay down in any detail the lines of a perfect " School " of English . |
| 14 | These have proved difficult if not impossible to pin down in any precise terms and demand for them appears to be similarly volatile … . |
| 15 | PRESIDENT Fidel Castro has said he would like to step down in five years if Cuba 's faltering economy improves . |