Example sentences of "down [prep] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |
| 2 | They said I had to lie down for two hours because I was going to be groggy , but I thought Fred would be worried . |
| 3 | Then slow the pace down for two minutes before hiking it up again . |
| 4 | And why is why is going upside down for two minutes twice a day gon na make it grow again ? |
| 5 | I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . |
| 6 | Michael Winner , on whose original story Likely Lads TV writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais based their script , had discovered , while studying at Cambridge University , a legal loophole that meant that ‘ borrowing ’ bicycles from his college to get to the office of the student newspaper Varsity , which he edited , did not constitute theft , although he was gated and sent down for two weeks . |
| 7 | Ideally use a floorboard saw , or alternatively a general purpose saw with fairly fine teeth to cut down between two boards . |
| 8 | The boat came down between two waves , and Grace quickly got her oars out . |
| 9 | Sitting down between two piles of books Endill began to read Useful Tips on Flying , but it was more about what to do when you had a plane rather than how to make one . |
| 10 | So here we explain how you can complain effectively about anything , from a problem at the bank , an inflated gas bill or a TV set that breaks down after two days . |
| 11 | With four minutes of the first half left , disaster struck for City within the space of two minutes as they suddenly found themselves four one down with two penalties in quick succession . |
| 12 | The build itself can be broken down into two groups , ‘ Direct Build Costs ’ and ‘ Other Costs . ’ |
| 13 | To determine motivation we need to break the model down into two components : |
| 14 | We boiled your memory banks down into two categories — the rest we threw away , sorry to say . |
| 15 | Since the relevant words are ‘ I know , Pamphilus , that everything I leave you will pass to my sons … ’ , the question can be broken down into two parts : do these words amount to a trust at all ? |
| 16 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 17 | It breaks down into two parts . |
| 18 | At the inception of the previous chapter it was said that all grants of power to public bodies could be broken down into two parts : if X exists , you may or shall do Y. |
| 19 | She poured herself an uncustomary drink , and grimacing , swallowed it down in two gulps . |
| 20 | Now erm i i in Wales , and I 'm sorry to say , our figure er , we should of produced ninety thousand pounds and we provi , er , produced er , eighty three thousand two hundred and nine that means we are er , six thousand eight hundred down in two months ! |
| 21 | It was later written down in two books called the Mishnah and the Talmud . |
| 22 | One mishap saw a German come down on two parachutes including his reserve . |
| 23 | The seventy-one-year-old steel cantilever span narrows down to two lanes as it crosses a channel that connects the Gulf to the Mississippi . |
| 24 | Also it 's down to two lanes running in both directions between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame , and er on the A forty one the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights , that 's between the Soldern turnoff by the Bear public house and Northampshire border , that 's going to be causing some delays . |
| 25 | Also the M forty is down to two lanes in both directions between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame . |
| 26 | The main recommendations of the Obair Report boiled down to two things . |
| 27 | To sum up , when buying clubs it comes down to two things — that you must seek the judgement of a qualified professional golfer you trust , and the clubs have to feel right and look right for you . |
| 28 | I think at the end it must come down to two things ; one basically a change in attitude — we have to come to recognise that we live in a very , very technological society , that most of us were born before man walked on the moon , but the kids in school were born in an age when man had walked on the moon ten years ago and they live in a world which is very scientific , and we have to recognise that — and the other one is practical sense , I think , where we really have to look seriously to in-service training of teachers , a ) and b ) we have to look carefully at the way we train teachers now . |
| 29 | I think at the end it must come down to two things ; one basically a change in attitude — we have to come to recognise that we live in a very , very technological society , that most of us were born before man walked on the moon , but the kids in school were born in an age when man had walked on the moon ten years ago and they live in a world which is very scientific , and we have to recognise that — and the other one is practical sense , I think , where we really have to look seriously to in-service training of teachers , a ) and b ) we have to look carefully at the way we train teachers now . |
| 30 | A slight divergence appears here in the separate chronologies ; Boswell gives the impression they danced after supper ; Johnson says , ‘ When it was time to sup , the dance ceased , and thirty persons sat down to two tables in the same room . |