Example sentences of "[vb infin] down and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miracle happened : she heard the car slow down and stop beside her . |
| 2 | We 're on the edge of what we call a no go area , if we try to sail any closer to the wind the boat will come upright , the sail will flap and we 'll slow down and stop and so the best we can make either side of the no go area is known as a beat . |
| 3 | Halidon was no great mount , a mere five hundred feet high , but it was sufficiently steep on that west side , after the slow plodding through the bog , to greatly slow down and disperse the advance . |
| 4 | The approaching fleet , now seen to be wearing banners showing the Leopards of England , did slow down and bunch together as they approached the harbour entrance , to negotiate the fairly narrow channel . |
| 5 | An AA spokesman said : ‘ Motorists must slow down and take extra care . |
| 6 | Rather than take the long outside course , A can slow down and cut inside |
| 7 | It means that our no. 8 can stay down and help the shove . |
| 8 | A woman who farms land all year can make straw rope , pots and pitchforks in slack periods ; she can cook noodles for the local factory ; she grows her own cotton to stitch into winter padded jackets ; and — unlike most of her Western counterparts — can strip down and mend her bike . |
| 9 | She made Maggie kneel down and lean her head over the bathtub , just as she had when Maggie had to have her hair washed as a little child . |
| 10 | He would kneel down and play next to the speaker because he did n't want us to hear . ’ |
| 11 | Sam was so relieved at the news that mother and child were well that the fact that he had n't won the wager was nothing to him , and when he first laid eyes on the baby all he could do was kneel down and weep for joy . |
| 12 | IF YOU DROP SOMETHING ON THE LINE , DO NOT JUMP DOWN AND GET IT . |
| 13 | Last month , Department of Justice lawyers said that US military personnel could track down and apprehend drug traffickers abroad . |
| 14 | ‘ If you 're not careful you 'll fall down and break an arm , ’ his mother said . |
| 15 | So anything that can fall down and go faster as it falls . |
| 16 | Let the hall fall down and let the so-called experts quarrel elsewhere . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if the peregrine was flying high up , above the pigeon , it would have the advantage , because it could swoop down and break the pigeon 's neck . |
| 18 | She could n't break down and start crying and yelling in front of Roman 's family and friends , could she ? |
| 19 | BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL We can now make plastics which can break down and disappear into the soil . |
| 20 | ‘ On your honour ’ is calculated to make me break down and confess . |
| 21 | This swelling enlarges , becomes very painful , and , if untreated , will eventually break down and discharge pus . |
| 22 | He went hastily towards the door ; he did n't want Martin to come into the room because then he might break down and say things about his mother that were best left unsaid . |
| 23 | Somewhere along the line , real communication can break down and talking together dwindle to basic exchanges about the practical commonplaces of daily life — ‘ Did you remember to post the letters ? ’ — ‘ Will you pick up Auntie ? ’ |
| 24 | But , the sa the very same organisms responsible for that relatively moderate appearance can also produce blocked er region of Prince Charles , the carbuncle with which in it 's most er florid form can break down and produce the series , but really effectively interconnecting . |
| 25 | We will break down and discuss two basic , possible explanations for these marked differences between the crime figures for men and women : firstly , that women do not indulge in criminality to the same extent as men ; secondly , that female crime is greatly underestimated by the statistics , in other words there is more female crime than the statistics indicate . |
| 26 | Just do n't break down and weep because , sister , you 're lost . |
| 27 | It can certainly tear down and destroy . |
| 28 | However , there is always the remote possibility that you might run down and injure someone in the water , which could cost you as much as £100,000 ! |
| 29 | If it spins out of control in the first half of the period , the batteries could run down and put it beyond recovery , says Alan Harris , a ROSAT physicist based in Munich . |
| 30 | From here , up in the windy pier gardens , you could look down and watch the trippers . |