Example sentences of "not [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , she wished she had been stronger in her advice to Nona not to go down by the Cutty Sark . |
| 2 | Bowe said : ‘ I thought he was crazy not to go down in the 10th when I was beating up on him . |
| 3 | Er and that showed er in fact when we reported to members in July of this year , we were seeking from them er an indication as to the priority of the phasing because prior to that and in fact it 's reflected in the structure plan , we simply have a a scheme for A fifty nine , A sixty one relief roads , they 're not broken down into the two schemes . |
| 4 | The stability of the organochlorines , an advantage in their industrial applications , ensured that they were not broken down in the natural environment . |
| 5 | Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour , these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below . |
| 6 | He used almost völkisch language , claiming that the Romanians ( unlike the Hungarian , German and other minorities ) were ‘ autochthonous ’ : ‘ They did not come from elsewhere , they did not fall down from the sky ; they were born and lived here , in this land , and they defended it with their blood . ’ |
| 7 | Here the toe of the club should point straight up into the air , the clubshaft should be on the plane established at address and the back of the left wrist should be facing outwards , not turned down towards the ground or facing the sky . |
| 8 | According to the Cambridge-based World Conservation Monitoring Centre , almost all of this oil has already been washed ashore or is in the shallows along 200km of Saudi coast ; it has not moved down to the southern Gulf , where most of the turtles and dugongs live . |
| 9 | The British constitution is not written down in a single legal document which enjoys a special political status above ordinary law . |
| 10 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 11 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |
| 12 | Lucien was so disturbed by the dream that the following morning he considered staying in his room and not going down to the exercise court to practice with Resenence . |
| 13 | The greater part of their duties in terms of expenditure was not handed down to the boroughs but passed over to newly established joint boards for police , the fire brigade , passenger transport and the probation service because these functions require wider operational areas than the boroughs can provide . |
| 14 | The benefits of sustained economic growth in the developed countries had not filtered down to the developing nations during the 1980s . |
| 15 | He warned Theo not to be confused , to get his priorities right at all costs , and to take care not to bow down before the ‘ money devil ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , you 're not tied down to a commitment of any sort , ’ she pointed out in a dry tone . |
| 17 | In a redemption action the mortgagee was allowed full costs ‘ not tied down to the costs taxed . ’ |
| 18 | ( 3 ) In this Act references to the rules of a self-regulating organisation are references to the rules ( whether or not laid down by the organisation itself ) which the organisation has power to enforce in relation to the carrying on of the business in question or which relate to the admission and expulsion of members of the organisation or otherwise to its constitution . |
| 19 | The formal duties and responsibilities of the office of a British Prime Minister are not laid down in a constitution or statute . |
| 20 | On 9 November a Moscow circular from Secretary V. Molotov himself forbade somewhat belatedly the imposition of any local taxes not laid down in the list issued by VTsIK . |
| 21 | This showed quite unequivocally that the pattern was not laid down in the egg . |
| 22 | This in turn depends on the price of the tickets , the size of the prizes and whether these are taxable or not , all details which are not laid down in the Bill . |
| 23 | " I hope you 're not coming down with a fever , dear , " said my mother . |
| 24 | Schools should be able to request more frequent inspections so that the best practice of a few is not brought down to the standard practice of the many . |
| 25 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 26 | Mark took from Sophia the cyclostyled leaflet hardly a ‘ brochure ’ he felt — and read through the rules starting with ‘ Sex ( undoctored … = and Siamese cats can not be accepted ) ’ , going on to invite owners to bring bedding but ‘ no bowls , please ’ , and ending with the injunction ‘ This year we must ask you to leave your cat at the house and not go down to the Cattery . |
| 27 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 28 | She would not go down for the fireworks . |
| 29 | But Doherty , 22 , of Dublin , did not go down without a fight and doggedly pursued Hendry all afternoon . |
| 30 | Well can you not go down in the morning when you 're a bit better ? |