Example sentences of "down and [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to sit down and rest for a while ? ’ she suggested . |
| 3 | What he needed was to break down and howl like a child , and it was the effort not to do so that was tearing at him . |
| 4 | The Biolife filter functions well , although as the PFK test Review Update pointed out recently , the tiny suckers which the filter hangs on seem to give up sucking and can allow the filter to drop down and submerge below a critical level . |
| 5 | ‘ He has another season-and-a-half on his contract , and if he 's playing as well as he is now , we will definitely sit down and talk about a new deal . |
| 6 | But he kept his anger under control and vowed to knuckle down and fight for a first-team future . |
| 7 | When a son or daughter decides to settle down and live with a partner for the foreseeable future , rather than getting married , the situation is different . |
| 8 | ‘ Frank , ’ I said , ‘ if we do n't agree on the running order then surely it is something we should sit down and discuss as a team . ’ |
| 9 | Part-ex and all the rest of it , did the deal , negotiated , and said right what we want to do , is Saturday morning , she thinks she 's going to come down and look at a decent second-hand one , and I want you to take the part , take the brand new car off and all the rest of it , and then say take that one for a test drive , which is mine , all taxed up and gassed up and all the rest of it , and we 'll disappear in the moonlight . |
| 10 | ‘ I tell you this , Mr Millet , two or three years ago I would n't have had the time to sit down and chatter about a chap I have n't seen for more than a year . |
| 11 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 12 | I like doing jobs where I can get down and concentrate for a period |
| 13 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 14 | I knew it would be wiser to settle down and chat for a while , and drop my question casually into the conversation , but I could n't wait . |