Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman . |
| 2 | Today , with another climber , he tried to climb down to Camp 3 , but his snow blindness forced them both to turn back . |
| 3 | With a shrug , Melissa left the office , fetched notebooks and a writing-pad from her car , and tried to settle down to work . |
| 4 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |
| 5 | She always seemed to look down on children . |
| 6 | The life-size image of the old man seemed to look down at Li Shai Tung , its dark eyes magnificent , its whole form filled with power . |
| 7 | But it was the coming night that seemed to press down on Ruth ; there was a strange fear in her that the sun , if it sank this evening , might never rise again . |
| 8 | Outside their refuge the rain began to come down in earnest . |
| 9 | He repudiated the oath by which he had restored to the Holy See the ecclesiastical rights and privileges enjoyed by the emperors and the kings of Sicily and within a few months of his coronation he began to progress down into Italy . |
| 10 | She began to wriggle down off Contralto 's back . |
| 11 | She never managed to meet up with Vivienne and , as there did n't seem to be much happening at Dingwalls , we decided to drive down to Brighton , all of us crammed into the back of the Mini van . |
| 12 | After some months I decided to go down to Lisbon in Portugal . |
| 13 | He decided to move down to Stobs to attempt recordings on the other side of Whitrope summit on the climb from Hawick . |
| 14 | He somehow managed to pound down to Kouklia on Chennaa , half by night and half by blazing day , and crossing the island was able to see for himself that it had been a more settled and prosperous year . |
| 15 | When all this has been said , it is still very difficult to see how the Divisional Court in R. v. LTE ex parte GLC managed to come down in favour of the GLC in the face of the unanimous decision of the Law Lords . |
| 16 | He still liked to come down for meals but often could n't last out and would leave his food and return . |
| 17 | Either he had to go up to the Broken Hill Ironworks at Newcastle or she had to go down to Canberra to see some official about tariffs or quotas or immigration levels . |
| 18 | and er anyway he got home about half past three so we had to go down to Marks went down to Marks , came back and he bought me a sandwich , I said I 've eaten nothing all day , bought me this sandwich , I was hoping to go away at six |
| 19 | When the creditors found that the debtor had to go down to Eastbourne in any event , then the concession was given by the creditors . |
| 20 | He would call on some farms and others would bring what they had to sell down to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 21 | Rough cobbles teased her feet through the light soles of her shoes as she paused to stare down into basement antique shops and silver vaults , second-hand bookstores and small cosy cafés . |
| 22 | She crunched through toast and marmalade while Rory had a shower , then said they had to hurry down to breakfast , she 'd need the bulk to make sure a hangover did not develop from the great variety of booze they 'd sunk the night before . |
| 23 | Ace continued to look down at Defries . |
| 24 | Had to pop down to Rome on a spot of business . ’ |
| 25 | The brewery had to shut down between March and June due to problems with its boilers . |
| 26 | In his celebrated visit to Posidotuus ' house in Rhodes , Pompey made it clear that the Roman fasces had to bow down before philosophy ; they certainly had nothing to fear from it . |
| 27 | And then I had to run down to Mrs 's when Dawn stayed with mummy while the ambulance come to tell Mrs and Mrs says do n't worry Jean , I 'll sign you in the day just go ahead and put your mum in the ambulance . |
| 28 | I had to go and get Doug , I had to run down to school |
| 29 | But when we got back we had to lie down in front of the video for a bit . |
| 30 | The man then had to drop down on deck and arrange the boxes more carefully . |