Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that Antoinette was dead , there was no one to repeat to her to be careful , not to drop it , to try at least to walk like a lady , not to plonk it down like that . |
| 2 | So really just I I always have problems , I I always tend to play it down like that , I do n't know why . |
| 3 | To go one down with nine minutes remaining and with only 10 men , we were up against it . ’ |
| 4 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
| 5 | When I used to get all excited about the projects you got involved with years ago , you used to slap me down with that . |
| 6 | Sorry to let you down like this , and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m . |
| 7 | costing us lately , we 're having to get these , I mean we have that on two in the morning to get this room warmed up do n't we have to put it down to one |
| 8 | She had heard dark mutterings about him but after a few minutes of talking with him she was ready to put it down to common envy . |
| 9 | I 'm ashamed to put it down in these halting words . |
| 10 | They have used them already to build communal tents , to extrude life-lines guiding them over plants , or ropes to let themselves down from one twig to another . |
| 11 | There is no need to weigh yourself down with excessive amounts of toiletries unless you are going to a remote area without either chemists or supermarkets . |
| 12 | ‘ Mind now , Donald , ’ he put in , ‘ or Angus will be telling you to keep it down to forty-nine . |
| 13 | But you have to hold it down like that , and not let it burst free and flop trembling onto the table . ’ |
| 14 | You used to get two shears underneath your arm like that , and they used to drop them down like that , across your knees and top them like that , see ? |
| 15 | Generally speaking it is best to avoid complex behaviours with small children and parents but if they are unavoidable ensure that the parents know to break them down into small bits . |
| 16 | If you do n't have a concrete area in front of your stables , move heaven and earth to get one down before next winter ! |
| 17 | got to break it down into little steps and do a bit at a time |
| 18 | Straw : Some is already converted as farmyard manure ; and attempts have been made to break it down in other ways to make a compost base . |
| 19 | He added : ‘ We have targeted this and we will look next at reducing waiting times to 18 months across the board and eventually hope to get it down to less than a year . ’ |
| 20 | But there will be an opportunity for members to look at the present programme which will need pruning to get it down to those guidelines , and they can obviously make any comments they wish to , or any advice they wish to give the P A G in terms of individual schemes or the detail . |
| 21 | She managed to pare it down to two skirts , two jumpers , a cardigan , three coats , a hat , a dressing gown and a black lace evening dress . |
| 22 | And I think Willi is about to sit us down for one of his gargantuan dinners . ’ |
| 23 | So the school 's first job was to cut me down to normal proportions — which they did . |
| 24 | With this new dismantling process , BMW hopes to reduce by 46 per cent the waste which is dumped in the environment and , in the years ahead , aims to cut it down by more than half again . |
| 25 | A check was done on the pH and a proprietary acid buffer was added to bring it down to 6.5 Softening resin was added in a box filter to bring down the hardness to 8°DGH . |
| 26 | So if you 'd like to bring it down to mumsy sleep . |
| 27 | If the reports on the Foxbat 's speed and defence capabilities were anywhere near correct , the aircraft should be able to evade any naval attempts to bring it down without much trouble . |
| 28 | Have Fun and not to tie myself down at eighteen with |