Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's all go down The Strand have a banana . |
| 2 | If we offer this kind of text to children , and if the gulf between the two languages is to be bridged , then we must not play down the magnitude of the learning task which children face . |
| 3 | But now the old paternalism began to reassert itself , determined that whatever shackles had been placed around the BBC should also tie down the commercial companies . |
| 4 | As the total amount of paid employment relative to the working population diminishes then we must either break down the barrier between employment and work or be condemned to live in a society permanently divided between the employed and growing numbers of the unemployed . |
| 5 | When Eric Cantona , having completed his first full 90 minutes , embraced Mark Hughes at the end of this significant victory , it was apt that McClair should quietly shuffle down the tunnel . |
| 6 | Well my understanding of team briefings , very quickly , is is to give you an example , after C S M T , what we should do is one of us should actually write down the key points from C S M T that you want to communicate to staff . |
| 7 | Oh no , that 'll just shut down the gain and this |
| 8 | And said , oh , let's go and find a cup of coffee but , have a bit of a walk and walk down to conference but we 'll not walk down the prom |
| 9 | ‘ And the traffic will be so congested at this time of afternoon , you 'll hardly get down the High at all , and it 's clouding over , and Felicity should acclimatize herself before she goes out , particularly since Magdalen is so cold at this time of — ’ |
| 10 | Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention . |
| 11 | Oh yes I know one man there now , well he 's so dumb he 'd rather go down the hold , than he would do marking the pencil and paper . |
| 12 | He 's so thick , you know he 'll say right I 'll go down the hold , I 'll do the humping , what they call humping , he 'll do that , loading these slings or bags , rather than him standing there and say well ten bags in that sling , put ten down , he could n't do that , so he 'd rather go down the hold that 's happened . |
| 13 | At one point Andy says : ‘ I 'd rather walk down the Falls Road with a Union Jack wrapped round me than I would get out here . ’ |
| 14 | At first the simple machines available could only detect down a few inches , and — amongst other operating difficulties — encounters with tufts of grass caused them to constantly give off false signals . |
| 15 | However , Marx believed that ruling class ideology could only slow down the disintegration of the system . |
| 16 | They could only lead down a particularly humiliating blind alley she 'd vowed she 'd avoid at all costs … |
| 17 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 18 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 19 | If you could just jot down a few ideas that . |
| 20 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 21 | You 're not serious that they 're going to go to nothing could always go down a hundred . |
| 22 | Firing blanks LEE CHAPMAN and his Leeds team-mates could n't break down the Stuttgart defence as they began their European campaign in Germany last night |
| 23 | ‘ Could n't let down the guv'nor , ’ Bob said cheerfully . |
| 24 | No , in the end we just could n't turn down the money . |
| 25 | Does the Minister agree that the next time one of these offenders comes before the courts for sentencing , if the sentence does not contain a deterrent element , bearing in mind the increase in this type of crime , it would be wise for the Home Office to seek the guidance of the Attorney-General so that the sentence can be referred to the Court of Appeal , which could then lay down a guideline sentence for this type of crime which contains a deterrent element ? |
| 26 | Having perfected each manoeuvre in the flat water , I could then sail down the estuary to the open sea and practise what I had learned on the waves . |
| 27 | I 'd then put down the typical weight , a typical height , the main use , the usual colour tell me some key to press please ? |
| 28 | If it 's a concrete floor you could either put down a new wood floor or tile it with some sort of composition tile or sheeting like vinyl or linoleum which is showing quite a revival . |
| 29 | But , we have interest rates at the lowest rate they 've been , well , in my memory , really , in terms of er er my time in business , and they may even go down a further one per cent . |
| 30 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |