Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [art] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned left , took a deep breath , and changed down to the very smallest chaining . |
| 2 | Clive expressed his distrust and fear of being let down by a very detached attitude in all his relationships . |
| 3 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |
| 4 | A day or so later , I came down with a very nasty bout of influenza . |
| 5 | Another part of the exhibition is a caseful of just such gifts , presumably dusted down from a very full royal attic : a Maori figure with crossed eyes , a table with cowrie shells hanging from it as from an Australian hat , a fetching Japanese lacquer picnic set and a sinister raffia figure wearing a balaclava . |
| 6 | I had no idea what it was , but it certainly tasted good , all being washed down with a very good red wine . |
| 7 | Other , more local , axes in , for example , Northumberland , have also been suggested , and can be brought down to a very local level . |
| 8 | When she first came she ate so much so often that I thought she had worms , but she settled down to a very moderate appetite , so the worming tablet the vet . |
| 9 | The limb is no exception , which means that the basic pattern of the limb is laid down on a very small scale . |
| 10 | The basis of this understanding of marriage is laid down in the very first book of the Bible : ‘ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife , and they become one . ’ |
| 11 | But if predictability broke down in the very strong gravitational fields in the big bang , it could also break down whenever a star collapsed . |
| 12 | It was flung open , and she side-stepped hastily , only just avoiding being knocked down by a very annoyed Roman . |
| 13 | Again , he is taken down by a very firm snatch of the lead . |
| 14 | At the Red Cross warehouse , we were met by Stoyaeka who drove us to her house where she gave us a meal of soup , bread , stew and dumplings , all washed down with a very palatable local red wine . |
| 15 | She sat down on a very solid patio chair and knew she was living a nightmare . |
| 16 | I sat down in a very deep sofa . |