Example sentences of "down [conj] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though there was never-ceasing change , each movement was not a chance occurrence in a hotch-potch of bewildered uncertainty , but part and parcel of a pre-conceived plan , trimmed down or adorned to suit the particular circumstances of the moment … |
| 2 | Such human needs will range from the basic ones for security , which are threatened when other members of an organization wish to close part of the operation down or attempt to perform the same operations with fewer personnel , to the need for self-realization , which may be threatened by extreme specialization and limited capabilities within the division of labour perceived by those in authority to be necessary for the maximization of their objectives ( which will invariably be presented as the goals of ‘ the organization ’ ) . |
| 3 | Many had been demolished , burnt down or left to run to ruin , leaving only the more modest farmhouses and other traditional vernacular buildings normally associated with the Welsh countryside . |
| 4 | My first rule of journalism goes back to something which was written down or reputed to have been said by H L Mencken , who was a , an American prize-winning journalist and commentator . |
| 5 | Unfortunately coaches are not infallible and do occasionally break down or need replacing and certain on board facilities may occasionally fail . |
| 6 | It was their talk on the cliff-top as the sun had gone down that had changed it all . |
| 7 | Later still My silly wee sister has put her feet down and refuses to let me near her Power Pack . |
| 8 | Brian arrived , with his girlfriend and another friend , who seemed to realize that I needed to calm down and offered to walk around the building with me . |
| 9 | JOHN ROBB watches them flap their pop stars lips , jump up and down and spazz dance their way across the world . |
| 10 | JOHN ROBB watches them flap their pop stars lips , jump up and down and spazz dance their way across the world . |
| 11 | " He smells like barley rained down and left to rot in the fields . |
| 12 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 13 | Last night Theresa 's 28-year-old Colombian boy-friend broke down and admitted killing her to police in 'Arad , southern Israel . |
| 14 | Still clapping , I sat down and looked to see how his team-mates were taking it . |
| 15 | A practical testing of Professor David Tweedie 's long-held wish for a ‘ hanging case ’ for the Financial Reporting Review Panel was frustrated at the last minute when Trafalgar House backed down and agreed to restate its 1991 figures in its next published accounts . |
| 16 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 17 | Sit down and stop looking so English . ’ |
| 18 | Alright you can do your puzzle but just sit down and stop rushing around very very sick . |
| 19 | She handed two packets and a wafer to the boy , who had finished wiping the mattresses down and had leant them up against the wall to dry . |
| 20 | They had already put the beds down and had to move them . ’ |
| 21 | He had gone up as usual to turn Willie 's lamp down and had found him sitting up in bed with one of his library books lying open on his knees . |
| 22 | The trees that once sheltered the man of the forest have been chopped down and sold to shelter the man of the city in Tokyo and Nagasaki . |
| 23 | Some underlying problem causes the skin to break down and fail to heal ; the leg ulcer is the end stage of a chronic progressive condition . |
| 24 | He put the quill down and went to see what she wanted . |
| 25 | Richie took the James Braid putter out , laid the bag down and went to confer with Sir Bryan about the line of his putt . |
| 26 | I dusted myself down and went to talk with my boss . |
| 27 | Irritably , she slammed it down and went to wash and change , while she considered how she could trace this mysterious boy , this disgusting boy , this juvenile delinquent . |
| 28 | down and sit writing long hand ? |
| 29 | You 're impatient to see the whole valley turned upside down and shaken to get him out . ’ |
| 30 | can sometimes have trouble settling down and getting to sleep but they are both usually very good and are quiet . |