Example sentences of "[to-vb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 2 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 3 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 4 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 5 | If we were gon na say , right , this only is gon na apply to mega- projects , tt and therefore it would be appropriate for the project coordinator to be the person to sit down at the start of the job , when he 's agreeing the remit with the client , when he 's developing the erm tt er who 's doing what within the functions . |
| 6 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 7 | You get a nice space to sit down at the table |
| 8 | But Croat and Slovene leaders have reiterated their willingness to sit down with the Serbs and others to work out how Yugoslavia could be turned into a body not unlike the European Community . |
| 9 | She finds time to sit down with the patient before she 's wheeled off to X-Ray , explaining exactly how the lung will be sealed off , that pain is inevitable and how it will be controlled . |
| 10 | It 'll all be all right when the Vice President goes to Riyadh to sit down with the Iranians and they find out that our hostages come home , and the Ayatollah is either helping us in Central America or the contras . |
| 11 | Inside the sanctum , Miller was once made to sit down with the words ‘ Let me show you how a covert operation is set up . ’ |
| 12 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 13 | You need to sit down with the practice manager or whomever and say right now you 've listed all these , why , what 's peculiar about what 's particular and peculiar about these that you should say that this is a good opportunity . |
| 14 | It 's to sit down with the practice manager and say right tell me about these businesses . |
| 15 | Is to sit down with the estate agent and say , Right why have you got these business on . |
| 16 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 17 | Stepping back from the display cabinets , hoping to sit down on the window-seat , she made a false move and bumped into something cold . |
| 18 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 19 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
| 20 | Place chairs round in a circle and ask one sex , say the girls , to sit down on the chairs . |
| 21 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 22 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 23 | She had to sit down on the ground . |
| 24 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 25 | Jane Pargeter said , nodding towards her open drinks cabinet , even before Blanche and Dexter had time to sit down on the black leather armchairs in her sitting-room . |
| 26 | Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered . |
| 27 | ‘ He made his way along the road until a colleague told him to sit down on the pavement . |
| 28 | The musky male scent of his cologne teased her nostrils , and she was ashamed at the way her knees were trembling as he led her over to sit down on the wide , comfortable couch . |
| 29 | Despite the growth of the disabled people 's movement these paper professionals still think it quite normal to sit down round the table and decide what 's best for us . |
| 30 | Walking with his gauche , bouncy tread , his shoulders hunched , Nicola 's husband led Blanche and Dexter down the steps into the kitchen and gestured for them to sit down round the kitchen table . |