Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not throw down the gauntlet ! |
| 2 | This time the ascension does not bring down the curtain on the life of Jesus ; instead , the curtain goes up on the life of the Church . |
| 3 | Make sure that the ventilation pipe is unobstructed , and that water can not run down the pipe into the house . |
| 4 | The method of preparing the blank before inserting the cutlery blank is simply to drill and clean out the hole in the shaft before fixing , put the Special T on the tang and insert with the handle on top so the Special T does not run down the wood . |
| 5 | And said , oh , let's go and find a cup of coffee but , have a bit of a walk and walk down to conference but we 'll not walk down the prom |
| 6 | On Europe , to put it beyond all doubt in this House , in the country , and on the continent , will my right hon. Friend reaffirm that it is the policy of Her Majesty 's Government that Britain shall not go down the route of a federal Europe and that it is for Britain to decide on the future of her own currency ? |
| 7 | The women may close down the village boozer , but they will not shut down the business altogether . |
| 8 | If we offer this kind of text to children , and if the gulf between the two languages is to be bridged , then we must not play down the magnitude of the learning task which children face . |
| 9 | Despite allaying concerns felt by some teachers , the adviser did not play down the accountability purpose to the exercise , nor was the self-appraisal presented as much more than providing factual information and describing their policy and practice . |
| 10 | If you are driving alone in a car , do not stop to pick up hitch-hikers , always lock all your doors if you are sitting in a parked car and do not roll down the window to give a suspicious looking stranger directions . |
| 11 | Council leader Michael Carr said : ‘ We can not turn down the opportunity of extra resources for areas of particular need . |
| 12 | Hilda did not turn down the gas . |
| 13 | The mother will protect it from predators , such as eagles , and will try to ensure that it does n't fall down the mountainside by always standing on the downhill side of it . |
| 14 | Do n't bring down the box just bring something , one thing . |
| 15 | I did n't look down the footpath which led to the buttercup fields where Dotty Harmer lived , for they were there no more , and I ignored the traffic which came down the New Yatt Road . |
| 16 | Er they do n't move us on or they do n't move me on in my thinking , and they do n't lay down the charge , cos they 're predictable and and they 're using . |
| 17 | We wo n't go down the village with her either ! |
| 18 | Well I ca n't go down the square that 'll be too much , but I mean |
| 19 | My parents went absolutely nuts because all my family are coal miners — my grandfathers , my uncles — and the idea was that if you got a chance you did n't go down the pit , but I wanted to . |
| 20 | Called Do n't Go Down the Mine it was written in 1910 by William Geddes and Robert Donnelly . |
| 21 | Later , comedians adapted the words to ‘ Do n't go down the mine , Daddy , there 's plenty coal in the cellar ’ . |
| 22 | Do n't go down the mine |
| 23 | She wo n't go down the shop with you . |
| 24 | Er , it 's because we do n't write down the stuff , we 're not as pr , precise as we could be . |
| 25 | You ca n't get down the escalator , everyone 's looking at you , then there are all these other young things flipping around the changing rooms in the shops . |
| 26 | Look at all the sand , you ca n't get down the sand 's so deep . |
| 27 | ‘ Could n't let down the guv'nor , ’ Bob said cheerfully . |
| 28 | Why do some women see marriage as an absolute priority from the start of a relationship , yet others would n't sashay down the aisle if their lives depended on it ? |
| 29 | No , in the end we just could n't turn down the money . |