Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye 'll find me down on the quay looking at her . |
| 2 | The authentic taste requires these wontons to be hot and spicy , but you may tone it down a bit by reducing the amount of chilli oil . |
| 3 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 4 | ‘ You must put it down to jet lag and worry over my sister ; I 'm not usually so easily fooled . ’ |
| 5 | You should bring it down like that . |
| 6 | Your first offer should be about half what the merchant asks and you should beat him down from there . ’ |
| 7 | Somebody else said oh you should throw it down the sink but I did n't think you were supposed to do that either . |
| 8 | Yes , I think that everybody recognizes that you should use the medicine that the doctor prescribes in the way he prescribes it and when you 've finished the treatment you should put it down the lavatory or get rid of it in some other safe way , but not keep it so that you can try it yourself again a bit later on and perhaps get confused and when you 've got boils on your neck take something which was meant for ingrowing toe nails or something like that . |
| 9 | You should n't have the arm up , you should have it down ! |
| 10 | ‘ You should write it down , ’ Erika said . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe you should go on thinking , ’ said Ludens , ‘ and I believe you should write it down . |
| 12 | Maybe you should take him down to Mrs Hollidaye 's . |
| 13 | Oh you 'll bring it down , that 'll be grand . |
| 14 | ‘ If you want my advice , lovie , you 'll pop her down the Town Hall and find her a decent coat to wear . |
| 15 | — I 've told you you 'll hate it down there . |
| 16 | Well you wo n't wait until that long you 'll put it down in May |
| 17 | Right so first , you 'd sit her down , and you go through the job description perhaps , what about an on-going basis ? |
| 18 | Maybe you 'd walk me down to the Shelbourne for a taxi ? ’ he asked Jack . |
| 19 | If you just wanted two N H fours you 'd put it down here . |
| 20 | But you could delegate it down could n't you . |
| 21 | Even if you could hold him down you might easily cut too far and hurt him . ’ |
| 22 | You could bring them down and we co keep that here for now that helicopter |
| 23 | ‘ Or do n't tell me that all those questions about Ryan were simply so that you could track him down and make him pay the money back ? ’ |
| 24 | If the walls separating the two are of the partition rather than supporting variety you could take them down and incorporate the space into one much larger room which will make more family sense . |
| 25 | They were very attractive and they did have the advantage that you could take them down and plunge the whole thing in water and wash it and er |
| 26 | You could write them down and give them to your next of kin or a close friend . |
| 27 | Fold in the overlapping corners at the top tightly , to secure the cone — you could staple it down as well if you like . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose you could put it down to a bad mood , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 29 | TO be fair , you could put it down to jet lag and a 12-hour flight . |
| 30 | When I used to get all excited about the projects you got involved with years ago , you used to slap me down with that . |