Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were to write down on a sheet of paper half a dozen simple statements of fact which were either true or false and then turn the questions face down , the pendulum will come up with which are which . ’ |
| 2 | If for example the relations between Moslem populations in the United Kingdom , or between those populations and the non-Moslem community , were to break down as a result of the crisis in the Gulf , the implications for social cohesion public order and the peaceful coexistence of communities would be grave . |
| 3 | If the LEA were to lay down as a condition of grant that we should have nothing to do with the University body , we should refuse the grant , and I do not see why Universities should not show the same loyalty to us . |
| 4 | The plan was to go down to the south coast and camp . |
| 5 | He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’ |
| 6 | Three weeks later , on the day I became Prime Minister , my first impulse was to sit down in the study which had been Harold 's and write him a letter of appreciation and grateful thanks . |
| 7 | Her initial action on reaching her room , however , was to sit down by the telephone and to try and concentrate her attention on what she should do now . |
| 8 | But uncle was to creep down in the night and abuse the little girl he was giving shelter to . |
| 9 | The government 's response to mounting criticism was to crack down on the principal advocates of reform . |
| 10 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 11 | One of Beecher 's favourite oratorical gimmicks , which he used to great effect in England , was to lean down from the dais to tell a humorous story but only audible to the front row . |
| 12 | His favourite relaxation was to toddle down to the quay and join the Royal Navy patrol boat for a day out . |