Example sentences of "down [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheriff George Crozier accused the lawyer of shouting him down during a trial at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court . |
| 2 | Oxford Crown Court has jailed two men after hearing how drug squad detectives tracked them down during a trip to London . |
| 3 | For both reasons , the amount of looking at the listener should go down during a phase of speech production which involves a large amount of cognitive planning . |
| 4 | And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't ! |
| 5 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk . |
| 7 | It 's not like us nipping down for a pint with the vicar ! ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Pam has come down for a day of shopping , bringing along our adopted younger sister Kath . |
| 10 | Cook breast side down for a quarter of the cooking time . |
| 11 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 12 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 13 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
| 14 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |
| 15 | If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening . |
| 16 | Tod held his head down for a couple of minutes , then sloped off . |
| 17 | Just put your papers down for a couple of minutes please . |
| 18 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 19 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll be back in an hour to take you down for a tour of the lodge and to meet Mrs Foster . |
| 21 | At one point he had to slow down for a distance of several miles . |
| 22 | For sure , Disneyhood wo n't be challenging Swans in the heavyweight ring just yet , but they frequently flourish a muscular grip on proceedings , ultimately putting their collective foot down for a finale of ‘ Sight Return ’ , intimidating in its volume and velocity . |
| 23 | Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I lay down for a rest after lunch and was about to drift into sleep when there was a definite pop inside me , which made me think my waters had broken . |
| 25 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 26 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 27 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
| 28 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 29 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ Yanto began hastily , ‘ I was told he got pinned down for a week in no-man 's land during the battle of the Somme in 1916 . |