Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] down [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 2 | LICENSING difficulties may slow down the building of nuclear power plants in the United States , Britain and West Germany — but the French still press on almost untrammelled by objectors . |
| 3 | The merger with the CBSI should slow down the fall in membership and thus the subscription base , though the eventual impact on reserves is hard to forecast . |
| 4 | Now I think we should bring down the curtain on this little episode , and go to bed . |
| 5 | We must break down the study door . ’ |
| 6 | For extended periods of a week or more , you must drain down the household plumbing system . |
| 7 | The exchange should lay down the forum or medium of communication through which trading takes place . |
| 8 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 9 | If you are over-weight , and must cut down the amount you eat , you will repeatedly lapse , to satisfy your cravings. persistent minor symptoms , such as headaches , aching limbs or a lack of energy are often put down to nerves or stress but they can be caused by a reaction to food . |
| 10 | Internally , the routine use of electronic mail should cut down the amount of paper which passes between staff , and may reduce workload on support staff . |
| 11 | It took place quite a long time ago , it is known as the cessation of the plebs there were two occasions on which the workers of of Ancient Rome and withdrew from the city and their t the terms on which as as far as I recollect the terms of their return where that somebody should write down the law in comprehensible terms and that there should be a special officer , a tribune appointed who could if necessary explain what the law was to them . |
| 12 | But things should quieten down a bit now , that 's the end of the festival fuss . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm counting the calories — I must slim down a bit . ’ |
| 14 | The user should close down the LIFESPAN system if it is running and ensure that none of the other stand-alone LIFESPAN utilities are running . |
| 15 | The user should close down the LIFESPAN system if it is running and make sure that neither the Hard Copy facility nor the Validation facility are running . |
| 16 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 17 | Now that really might bring down the House of Windsor . |
| 18 | ‘ If you refuse to let me in , then I 'll break down the door ! ’ |
| 19 | He could exhibit such a stolidity in this regard that the Captain more than once suggested that he might drop down the order , ‘ to add ballast to the middle ’ . |
| 20 | Christie raced and conducted himself afterwards in a way of which we can all be proud — and , I do n't really believe he 'll drag down the relay team . |
| 21 | ‘ She 'll go down a treat in Shipley . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm hoping it , once it 's dried out that 'll go down a bit . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'll go down the back way , ’ Nanny told her , ‘ and out through the kitchen gardens . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Oh go on , yeah but Alex you were n't going , I I 'll go down the field and look . |
| 26 | ‘ When he puts a bad cross in , he 'll go down the line again a few minutes later and try once more . |
| 27 | Cos I was , I said to the youngsters yesterday , I says I 'll tell you what we 'll do , we 'll just take your trainers tomorrow , or we 'll go down the town and put your competition paintings in and then we 'll come round and get the bus up home , and then I thought ah the hell with it we 'll go on down to York Street |
| 28 | I w I walked all through that Nigerian mob and I thought oh we I 'll walk down the ticket desk , see if this is all shut |
| 29 | That 'll get down the back of your throat , that 'll choke you . |
| 30 | it 's not a great deal , hassle , but the garden 's gon na look good when we 've finished it , get in the straight first day in we 'll hack down the back tree . |