Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a general point , you should try to tie down the enemy 's best unit while you use your core troops to see off his second best troops . |
| 2 | An obvious extension of this is that they should attempt to break down the isolation between practitioners in different countries . |
| 3 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 4 | The believe planners should have turned down the application . |
| 5 | ‘ It is much to be regretted , that the owner of the Purse Crag should have cut down the beautiful trees , which served so wonderfully to enrich the prospects on this side of the water . |
| 6 | The speed of descent must have cut down the exposure to any residual gas since he felt none of the earlier weirdness as he approached the still sealed engine room door . |
| 7 | This programme should help to slow down the yearly fall in production . |
| 8 | You 'll having going down the bottom of the road here in a minute . |
| 9 | Hopefully he 'll have calmed down a bit ! |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll have to go down the off-licence . ’ |
| 11 | No , oh I know what I never got that ai n't finished I 'll have to go down the shops , I might go down |
| 12 | We 'll have to knuckle down a bit wo n't we se Rachel ? |
| 13 | ‘ Madam , they 'll have to ring down the curtain . |
| 14 | She might have quietened down a bit by now , but you know what she 's like . ’ |
| 15 | In addition , those who favour the return of a property tax point out ( as described earlier in this chapter ) that there are many financial advantages involved in purchasing a house and that a property tax might serve to dampen down the overheating of the housing market evident during much of the 1980s . |
| 16 | and then we 'd 've gone down a different avenue |
| 17 | Whatever yous want , it 's up to yous , if yous want your shoes today I 'll get them but I was thinking if we 'd 've went down the town today |
| 18 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd like to stay down a little while — hear more about your family , too . |
| 20 | Heather Bailey said her husband told her how he 'd cut cut down a parachute in hangar 8 at RAF Hullavington and lit it with a match . |
| 21 | If downpipes get blocked you could try pushing down a pole with a rag tied to the end . |
| 22 | I could n't have missed him , but I could have slowed down a bit . |
| 23 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 24 | The DTI could have closed down the investment business there and then . |
| 25 | I 'd have to take down the shore , shore tomorrow . |
| 26 | Of course , you 'd have to track down the right person . ’ |
| 27 | And , oh , Ellie , if you had n't been here , I 'd have gone down the aisle looking such a fright … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We do n't have too many large office blocks in the North-East so I 'd have to knock down a number of housing schemes . |
| 29 | ‘ You may suspect that judges share the common human failing of wanting to tell other people what they ought to do to lay down the law . |
| 30 | Lamont may attempt to lay down an encouraging market for the industry . |