Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems little chance of one of the party 's senior professionals stepping down in the next few months to create a by-election for the Tory chairman . |
| 2 | The senior manager may be unable to cope with his or her own work either and so much of the overflow simply drifts down to the next level . |
| 3 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 4 | Once I am happy , the men are allowed to stand down until the next patrol . |
| 5 | Admittedly , gifts during life will be taxed less heavily than bequests , provided that the donor survives the gift by four years , but even so it will be almost impossible for a thriving business or a farm of economic size to be handed down to the next generation . |
| 6 | Going down to the next layer , each of these moves consists of specified acts , as in Figure 6 . |
| 7 | Then we had to ski down to the next lot of lifts which went even higher and when we had mastered that we got on a chairlift which took us right to the top . |
| 8 | LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed . |
| 9 | He walked down to the next floor where two men sat working at desks facing each other . |
| 10 | This possibility gradually breaks down in the next two stanzas . |
| 11 | The move was widely interpreted as a confirmation of Keating 's position as Hawke 's successor , and fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister might step down before the next election . |
| 12 | The golf course is where Nigel Mansell cools down for the next race … and that next race is Silverstone and the British Grand Prix … forget Monaco and Monza … for our Nigel British is still the best … |
| 13 | ‘ The hotel has been condemned and is to be pulled down within the next couple of days . ’ |
| 14 | We 'll go down to the next floor . |
| 15 | She went down to the next floor and called Rosa Kenny . |
| 16 | We 'd have a respite of about a fortnight if we were lucky before he went down with the next one . |
| 17 | John Browne , the Conservative MP for Winchester since 1979 , announced on March 15 , 1990 , that he would stand down at the next general election . |
| 18 | That was why it was ever brought to light so it 's gone down to the next generation . |
| 19 | The yard will be run down over the next three weeks with the loss of 600 jobs . |
| 20 | But a spokesman for the firm which organised the poster campaign said it should come down within the next five days . |
| 21 | So that they floated down to the next district and they would n't have to bother . ’ |
| 22 | Before the worst was over and the pound began to depreciate again , some twenty per cent of them had gone for ever , and a further ten per cent were so weakened that they too shut down in the next two years . |
| 23 | As long as they come down in the next twenty minutes ! |
| 24 | We heard them settling down in the next room which until then had been empty . |
| 25 | But falling pupil numbers at Soudley Primary School could lead to it being shut down within the next few years . |
| 26 | So that they float down to the next district and you do n't have to report them ? ’ |
| 27 | He sat down on the next stool . |