Example sentences of "[vb mod] be down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , some of the LSE II 's bass response must be down to the rosewood back and sides ; the chances are the mahogany version would be toppier-sounding , but both would make equally top-notch recording guitars . |
| 2 | It must be down to the record companies . |
| 3 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
| 4 | Most international staff in Sarajevo would be evacuated because the risks of staying on were too great , Mr Land said , adding : ‘ We 'll be down to a skeleton staff by the weekend . ’ |
| 5 | Most international staff in Sarajevo would be evacuated because the risks of staying on were too great , Mr Land said , adding : ‘ We 'll be down to a skeleton staff by the weekend . ’ |
| 6 | One day soon I will rip its beak off and glue it onto the end of my own fine aquiline conk , and , secure in my new disguise , I 'll be down to the Inland Revenue Enforcement ( B ) in Barrington Road and scrabbling frantically at my tax inspector 's trousers ( I may be wrong , but I picture them as that specially rich shade of brown polyester-and-worsted that only Dunn & Co can achieve ) before you can say , ‘ Well , what 's got into you , dearie ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Tell Isaac I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is that you ? ’ she says drowsily ; then , without waiting for an answer , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 10 | We 'll be down in a sec . |
| 11 | ‘ Get on with it , Will , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute , got to see to my mam . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Tell him I 'll be down in a moment . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll be down in a minute . |
| 14 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 15 | He 'll be down in a couple of minutes . ’ |
| 16 | He 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll be down in a moment . |
| 18 | I 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Right , I 'll be down in a moment , ’ he said . |
| 20 | He 'll be down in a minute . ’ |
| 21 | She sa Mick said fetch tape down , so I says alright , I 'll be down in a bit . |
| 22 | Anyway , I 'll be down in a minute . |
| 23 | I 'll be down in a sec , cos Maggi 's gone I I 'll see you down there ooh ! |
| 24 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 25 | It would probably carry on like this for at least another hour , and then the first of the departures would begin ; the ones with an early start in the morning , the ones with teenaged babysitters , the ones who rarely went out anyway … an hour after that they 'd be down to the hard core , and an hour after that it would just be a case of guiding out those last drunks who were too far-gone to find the door . |
| 26 | Previously I 've written songs about all these other subjects which personally affect me , but now I 'm thirtysomething and it may be down to a need to find out about and rationalise my environment , but these songs about Wales seem to be appearing . ’ |
| 27 | On this the spokesman said , ‘ the Vulcan will no be flown any more ’ adding , ‘ it would be down to an acceptable purchaser to arrange for any ferrying . ’ |
| 28 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 29 | Any rethink by the NRA would be down to the persistence of the members , he said . |
| 30 | ‘ If any other part of the machine broke the farmer would be down at the dealer causing a song and dance . |