Example sentences of "down [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you see we have to be a bit careful because what happens if we closed down right and transferred out to the field |
| 2 | She heard the man in the mask sliding down slowly and knew she should try and make a run for it but her ankle was already swelling inside her Reebok . |
| 3 | so I had to lie down properly and crawl over the top of it . |
| 4 | ‘ I was letting Woosie down badly and had no feeling at all , ’ said Mouland , who came into the tournament after finishing only 84th in this season 's European money list . |
| 5 | Surely we 've got time to sit down somewhere and have a coffee … ? ’ |
| 6 | John took the empty cups down below and placed them quietly in the small sink . |
| 7 | By his time I was terrified and I do n't ever be so and our teacher took us down below and tried to play games my mind I distinctly howling my . |
| 8 | Claudia put the phone down gently and decided against going back to bed . |
| 9 | The Doctor pushed her down gently and tried to make her comfortable . |
| 10 | The approach is easy , forward down gently and landing number one is acceptable . |
| 11 | And then er Tom retired and he used to run the bus long after we start the mails and then he retired and er the bus service to come down along and pick up the passengers and that was how it start . |
| 12 | One of the humans reached down gingerly and picked up the box , lifting it up in the air as though Masklin was something very rare and delicate . |
| 13 | No , but possibly you could sit down together and go through it . |
| 14 | If a man and a woman like each other , decide to settle down together and get married , what is so strange about that ? |
| 15 | However , we now have an opportunity to show that Europe can address European problems and that we will intervene in a way that will give the people of Yugoslavia the opportunity to sit down together and find a peaceful solution to the problems . |
| 16 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 17 | We , we do find it as a , as a group very difficult to organise ourselves and for us to have some time to sit down together and feed off one another and talk about it so this is quite , that 's quite hopeful , and I think that does show erm , something the same as er , I 'm sure Jack would say the same thing , like here we are , you know , we 've got all the incoming calls , we 've got all the other stuff to do , and what we 're actually doing when we 're trying to make appointments and so on is we , we fit it in , because we 're half way through |
| 18 | Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |
| 19 | Sit down together and talk honestly about what 's happened , what it could involve in practical terms , what you 'll probably all have to do without . |
| 20 | So they sat down together and opened them . |
| 21 | Having looked at all the options , sit down together and decide what to go for . |
| 22 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 23 | He helped her to cream and sugar , then , taking his own black , sat down opposite and looked at her . |
| 24 | The impersonality of this discourse of power is here used to signify an unfeeling bureaucracy out of touch with the realities of policing a riot — ‘ Officers who are unfortunately set alight should lie down patiently and wait their turn to be put out . ’ |
| 25 | " If you will only sit down patiently and wait , our master , who is the most generous man in the world , will certainly give you a good supper when he comes back . |
| 26 | Her camp confirms the lengths to which Kylie is prepared to go to maintain the environment-friendly campaign and reveals she REFUSES to handle everyday plastics , because they can not be broken down naturally and pose a threat to the habitat . |
| 27 | If his father had n't been so bloody-minded and had let him use the family car , he would no doubt have gone down alone and come back next day , having called on some estate agent in Hadleigh or Sudbury and asked them to sell the house for him , the very one probably that he had gone to in the following year . |
| 28 | I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up |
| 29 | Robyn put the phone down morosely and felt a shiver run the length of her body . |
| 30 | As soon as she realised what had happened she had jumped down guiltily and run home . |