Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we almost got down to saying the other day that probably need to have an action plan or a structure for the pre-meeting as well . |
| 2 | ‘ But when we got down to signing the papers I saw there was £198 charged for the fittings and £223 VAT on the original sum I had been quoted . |
| 3 | As well as penalties laid down for breaking the contract ( perhaps no evenings out for a given period ? ) , there need to be rewards for keeping it , perhaps in the form of a family treat . |
| 4 | How cosy this could have been , the rain lashing down outside providing a curtain from the world and the two of them here with no occupation except to pleasure each other . |
| 5 | The circumstances in which a break with the past and the need for a fresh start come about vary from country to country , but in almost every case in modern times countries have a Constitution for the very simple and elementary reason that they wanted , for some reason , to begin again and so they put down in writing the main outline , at least , of their proposed system of government . |
| 6 | Well , Val I think you are quite right in thinking that you are not alone in feeling let down after purchasing the ‘ wrong ’ computer for your needs and I do agree that you were given poor advice by the store you purchased from . |
| 7 | I feel let down after giving the club 10 years ' loyal service . |
| 8 | She found that , in the case before her , the balance came down against ordering the return of the children to Australia . |
| 9 | ‘ Preston , ’ said Polly , when she came down from putting the twins to bed and in a tone he had come to recognise over the years . |
| 10 | And even if it were possible , making debtors pay 50p to prove that they had paid off their debts seems rather harshly discouraging for them — it would virtually boil down to imposing a line on them not because they had been debtors but because they had now paid their debts in full . |
| 11 | ‘ It seemed to me she 'd been worn down by leading a life she was n't fitted for . |
| 12 | Costs may be driven down by reducing the need for activities , but one should not overlook the reduction of costs in terms of both what causes activities to take place and the efficiency of conducting the activity itself . |
| 13 | In 1944 the ‘ Dolphin ’ settled down to becoming a training ship . |
| 14 | It only slowed down on nearing the outskirts of Teplyystan where it turned off on to a narrow road leading into the Bittsevsky forest park , a panoramic landscape of ravines and gorges layered with fir , oak and pine plantations . |
| 15 | For rich industrial nations , the problem of microelectronics and other new technologies boils down to managing the transition while many workers either change their employment , or join the ranks of the permanently unemployed . |
| 16 | Then that thirdly , it it would need to help fulfil the economic objectives or the employment needs of the receiving authority which which I guess in in many respects boils down to nominating a particular authority or authorities if if you like . |
| 17 | Left to their own devices , most roses tend to develop new growth into which they direct their sap and energy , bear bloom , and which then — as it becomes old and tired — gradually either becomes starved , by-passed , neglected and finally aborted as the plant constantly turns its attention to new growth , or it develops a barky exterior layer as it settles down to becoming no more than a main road communicating between the raw material goods received from the warehouse in the soil and the production factory upstairs — quite often , a very long way upstairs . |
| 18 | He went down without taking a degree and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1770 . |
| 19 | If your dog does try to jump up , simply encourage it to lie down by using the technique described previously . |
| 20 | Rincewind looked down at Kring the sword . |
| 21 | Ultimately it must come down to taking a view of what effect it has had on the standard of living of her people . |
| 22 | In this sense , pluralism has for some become something of an Aunt Sally , to be knocked down through juxtaposing the idealised equal distribution of power assumed in pluralist theory with the actual inequalities in the distribution of power found in Western liberal democracies . |
| 23 | It was n't any use going back to the shop now ; she would phone Myra , then she would get down to designing the bridesmaids ' dresses that would match the bride 's gown she was commissioned to make for a big wedding in the autumn . |
| 24 | JONJO O'Neill 's stable star Danny Connors had to be put down after breaking a leg at Kelso yesterday . |
| 25 | Her pony Strawberry was put down after breaking a leg , and its replacement Jamie proved unsuitable for Alison , who has rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 26 | ‘ Bill ’ , weighed an astonishing 1,157.5 kg just before he was put down after suffering a broken leg in an accident en route to the Chicago World Fair for exhibition in 1933 . ’ |
| 27 | The into-wind wing must always be kept down by moving the stick across a little into wind , and it is always necessary to rudder out of the wind . |
| 28 | We believe that at least partial answers to these questions will emerge later in this book — we shall certainly return to them — but a few brief comments are worth setting down before closing the present chapter . |
| 29 | Corydoras ' barbels can wear down through using a coarse , sharp substrate , but I think your problem is bacterial . |
| 30 | Frank can then return to Leeds with a World Cup beneah his belt and settle down to getting a place . |