Example sentences of "down and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may settle the other two down and prevent one individual from being continually picked on . |
| 2 | This is n't likely to be a major hazard to the adventurers , but it will surprise them , slow them down and prevent easy escape . |
| 3 | In parliament there would be a carefully organized campaign of resistance that would at least slow the government down and raise Unionist morale . |
| 4 | He has to settle down and marry one day , just as I do , has n't he ? ’ |
| 5 | On days of national holiday we had a parade , marching up and down and singing patriotic songs . |
| 6 | A BANNED driver who mowed down and killed five youngsters in a high-speed chase was jailed for a maximum of five years yesterday . |
| 7 | With the right policies they believed it was possible to reduce inflation without incurring excessive levels of unemployment — to keep prices down and to sustain economic growth at the same time . |
| 8 | Chairman Sir Ian McLaurin said shoppers are tightening their belts and ‘ trading down and buying cheaper food -such as bread , lemonade and frozen chips ’ |
| 9 | It was as if Ruth were truly Emma 's child and for some reason Rachaela had had to come down and witness this scene . |
| 10 | Blake 's work for MI6 included not only gathering intelligence from the Russians but tracking down and watching Communist spies sent over into the West . |
| 11 | Or write it down and put little dots and count up the dots or something it 's a erm a lot of the Who tells you not to count on your fingers ? |
| 12 | I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea . |
| 13 | They had to be kept out of the water until they had lost their baby down and grown waterproof adult oily feathers . |
| 14 | When I knocked and entered , Ira , with a broad smile on his face , reached down and produced two glasses and a bottle of Okanagan wine which we were soon sipping . |
| 15 | ‘ You sit down and wrap this towel round your neck . ’ |
| 16 | Chapter 4 will show that the courts do , or at least could , play a part in controlling the quality of management decision making by laying down and enforcing appropriate standards of care and skill , but requiring judges to determine whether managers have complied with what are essentially procedural decision-making criteria is quite different from asking them to participate in the decision-making process itself . |
| 17 | And I said I 've bought a box of matches for him to go down and light this fire thinking you know he might need two or three matches at a time . |
| 18 | Peas and beans can be grown in jars , supported by damp paper ; carrot and parsnip tops grow in saucers of water ; onions , potatoes and hyacinths resting on the top of jars of water will send roots down and make top growth ; cuttings such as Busy Lizzie and Tradescantia will produce roots when standing in water . |
| 19 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 20 | That 's what he wanted to do to from the start , cut the wages down and make more slate , that 's what he had in mind . |
| 21 | Police and motoring organisations urged drivers to keep their speed down and take extra care as freezing fog gripped the country . |
| 22 | I do n't , I do n't think dieting is the main thing , it 's just cutting down and getting more exercise |
| 23 | Some of Lancaster 's supporters who had escaped justice in 1322 were at large committing acts of banditry in the north-west , and a more general change of sentiment perhaps lay behind the petitions in the parliament of February 1324 that the rotting corpses of the rebels who had been hanged should be taken down and given decent burial . |
| 24 | Count Tolstoy is refusing to back down and says new evidence will emerge in the next few days which will vindicate him . |
| 25 | Often , for instance , after the baby has been put to sleep the mother will sit down and eat another meal . |
| 26 | Developed by Spontex , AirX contains nearly a billion naturally occurring human friendly bacteria , to break down and eat organic matter , the main cause of smells . |
| 27 | ‘ Slow down and turn sharp right , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Recriminations are unavoidable , but try to keep their volume down and turn negative complaints into positive suggestions ( 'You never help with the washing-up' can be turned into a helping rota or rewards ) . |
| 29 | In setting down and discussing that theory we are , therefore , dealing with the " official " view of British politics — with the view that dominates public discussion and the accounts in the media . |
| 30 | Sit down and sign that cheque , ’ he commanded , ‘ or you 'll be bloody sorry . ’ |