Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] down the [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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now that really might bring down the House of Windsor . |
| 14 | ‘ If you refuse to let me in , then I 'll break down the door ! ’ |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll go down the back way , ’ Nanny told her , ‘ and out through the kitchen gardens . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Oh go on , yeah but Alex you were n't going , I I 'll go down the field and look . |
| 20 | ‘ When he puts a bad cross in , he 'll go down the line again a few minutes later and try once more . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | That 'll get down the back of your throat , that 'll choke you . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | That 's where he 's away this weekend to her place , and then he 's going next weekend because there 's some wedding do or something er so he 's to go next weekend , he goes there , stays with her parents and then she 'll come down the weekend after that and stay at our house . |
| 26 | I 'll turn down the heat when I get back . " |
| 27 | A new drug which could slow down the onset of Aids in people infected with the HIV virus is undergoing trials in America . |
| 28 | We were on the top flat , so I could n't get out to play ; my Ma was feared I 'd fall down the stone stairs and break my neck . |
| 29 | But they were some well on , lo and behold , could open the door er two or three minutes late and c er call the er number , Yes sir , er as they entered the class and they would get their mark , this being I think you got a red mark if you were late , t to stand out so that an inspector who came down periodically could look down the register and there was the record of who was early and who was late by the colour of the ink-pens , I think . |
| 30 | I leaned further over until I could see down the line of houses . |