Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's advertising . |
| 2 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 3 | A girl sits down with a man and she says , ‘ I hear you 're very romantic , please take me to dinner ’ — that 's Public Relations ! |
| 4 | Likeable , cordial , he sits down in a chair facing her husband and herself and proceeds to converse with them . |
| 5 | Firms would invite favoured clients or business associates down for a day at Sandwich , either as a reward for past favours rendered or in the hope that the goodwill created would lubricate some future deal . |
| 6 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 7 | The path simply sheds water to either side ; but where a path which follows the contours goes down into a dip , you 'll have to ensure that ponding does n't occur , and it may be necessary to form a small land drain to lead the water away to a less waterlogged area . |
| 8 | Er , she goes down with a friend . |
| 9 | John King makes a late shuffle after Neil McNab goes down with a stomach upset . |
| 10 | You know , Bill always goes down on a Tuesday |
| 11 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
| 12 | From Gearstones an undisputed path goes down to a footbridge over the stream , here known as Gayle Beck . |
| 13 | The other would allow the smart to inherit the Earth ( plus a legacy from their wealthy parents ) and console us with the exhortation to work harder if we want more , which goes down like a glass of sand in the unemployment deserts . |
| 14 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |
| 15 | From a gusty somewhere , God looks down on a world |
| 16 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |
| 17 | The track eventually drops down to a road . |
| 18 | The last is a source of amusement for Waggoner 's family and friends , who find it delightfully bizarre that a man who weighs around 300 pounds and dresses down with a passion should pen a guide to etiquette and fashion for the vaunted Esquire magazine . |
| 19 | Miss Phillips 's performance is really a series of inappropriate costumes by Pierre Balmain and the actress wafts around in a lilac voile morning trouser suit , a black cocktail number , dresses up to resemble a wasp and dresses down in a riot of patchwork heliotrope , orange , purple , blue and green . |
| 20 | If the organizer calls ‘ submarines ’ everyone lies down with a leg in the air . |
| 21 | In a direct boiler system , the copper hot water cylinder ( or , in older installations , galvanised hot water tank ) is supplied with water from the cold water storage cistern ; the water then passes down to a heating boiler , back boiler ( behind a fire ) or gas circulator to be heated before returning to the hot water cylinder . |
| 22 | A seven-spot ladybird bears down on a group of hapless aphids |
| 23 | ‘ We intend to continue to increase output and drive our unit costs down to a level at which they are competitive with other sources of electricity generations . ’ |
| 24 | The south east ridge leads down into a bowl of porridge-like peat , so I bore off eastwards , still rough enough , into the paring wind , crossing the Allt an t-Strathain Mhoir high up to drop down to the church . |
| 25 | Below the chin is a pouch that hangs down like a dewlap . |
| 26 | At the back of the house , a square lawn slopes down to a vegetable plot . |
| 27 | ‘ Uncle Tom 's Cabin ’ begins with banjo and acoustic guitar by singer Jani Lane 's bro ( ‘ courtesy of his mom ’ ! ) but it soon gets down to a twin axe wank . |
| 28 | ‘ Uncle Tom 's Cabin ’ begins with banjo and acoustic guitar by singer Jani Lane 's bro ( ‘ courtesy of his mom ’ ! ) but it soon gets down to a twin axe wank . |
| 29 | If you do not have a computer or you are daunted by them ( or your computer breaks down within a week of your arrival in a remote village ) you will obviously have more papers to keep track of . |
| 30 | Finally , we see the expression of contempt when a father tries to re-assert his authority but backs down after a challenge : |