Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] down [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I think the police should clamp down on joy-riders .
2 The ICC has a clear duty to say whether they should go down as champions or cheats .
3 I think you should come down for meals . ’
4 One of their main attractions were the promenade decks from which passengers could look down on seas , rivers , forests and cities .
5 In corporate accounting , this would go down under salaries or labour costs ; while for Brazil it represented an investment of time and resources as well as a transfer of technology .
6 I think I would come down on voles really and they do actually dig a hole like that they go for erm small boulders and things like that in the garden or roots and they will send out clods as well cos they can uproot quite , quite a fair piece of er soil and of course they would eat berries as well , but again I 'm with Walter , I would like to see the end product .
7 Let's get down to details , shall we ? ’
8 Do not be tempted to use the small charge that is already in the battery , as this will run down in seconds .
9 There are also new standards for office furniture and guidelines for prolonged screen working which the HSC hopes will cut down on incidents of repetitive strain injury and eyesight problems .
10 The factors will come down to ones that will determine whether the person , male-female , tall-short , black-white , local or external is electable .
11 No I have , I have , I have well I can do down in fits in someone 's hair .
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