Example sentences of "[to-vb] down [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you coming to sit down for this meal ? |
| 2 | It was cold in the stadium and a leaden sky threatened to weep down at any moment on the small crowd assembled below . |
| 3 | You know where you used to go down to that Mall Court |
| 4 | sorting out and then I 've got to go down to that conference and fly up to Stone Haven |
| 5 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 6 | Well this all had coal and , and the , the chimneys want wanted sweeping and if you did n't sweep your chimney regular the soot used to come down onto this water into , into this er boiler . |
| 7 | Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’ |
| 8 | Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’ |
| 9 | Not wishing to come down on either side , the planners say it 's a nice fence but high fences near roads need permission . |
| 10 | The police are only now beginning to crack down on this type of smuggling . |
| 11 | The Department of Transport , the advertising industry and the police have combined to crack down on this menace which is still responsible for so much carnage and misery . |
| 12 | Since the substances used are often freely on sale for legitimate purposes , it is hard to crack down on this form of abuse . |
| 13 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 14 | The location of the book I felt was too important to put down in this note . |
| 15 | A lot of people of my age do n't want to settle down at this stage . ’ |
| 16 | Charles Frederick was the odd one out in this respect — his feet were far too itchy to allow him to settle down into any sort of domesticity , and he would prove the fact in a dramatic enough way by sailing off around the world as soon as the opportunity presented itself . |
| 17 | What I would n't give , I thought , to be able to lie down on that bed , just for a minute . |
| 18 | " Do n't forget to call down for that cream , will you ? " |
| 19 | CAMPAIGN from Empire attempts to defeat this division , by allowing you on the one hand to be in control of complete military formations and make strategic decisions , and then as your valiant troops come into contact with the enemy allow you to drop down into each tank and fight for glory . |
| 20 | The policy of this council over the last couple of years has been to get down to that figure enforced upon us as gracefully as possible with the least damage to our services and the least damage to the morale of our staff and our staff are after all the most important asset that a local authority possesses and that is what we 're trying to consider . |
| 21 | He wondered how early Kerrison would expect to get down to that job . |
| 22 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 23 | It would be premature , and indeed impertinent , if we were to attempt to lay down in any detail the lines of a perfect " School " of English . |
| 24 | Consumer pressure is now being put upon the food industry to cut down on such doctoring of foods and , at the same time , to provide quality durable produce . |
| 25 | On the other hand , he was extremely difficult to pin down to any conclusion . |
| 26 | And it did not take long for it all to boil down to that maxim — the Duty To Win . |