Example sentences of "down [coord] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fortunes of the human capital theory began to decline as the growth in the economies of the advanced industrial societies began to slow down or stagnate in the mid-1970s . |
| 2 | ‘ Unbelievable ! ’ cried a media unused to hearing from singers who habitually hate to see the sun go down or sleep in hollow logs . |
| 3 | Human capabilities to reason about complex systems states and the propagation of failure and associated systems are all available within the trained diagnostician , but can break down or fail for a variety of reasons including data overload , incomplete information and fatigue . |
| 4 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 5 | The floor is only ten inches square so you ca n't sit down or squat in it . |
| 6 | The dull coloured brickwork merged into the undergrowth of trees , weeds and plants untamed and was hardly noticed by most passes by who probably dismissed it as one of Lincolnshire 's useless ruins , which would either fall down or have to be pulled down eventually . |
| 7 | Firelight was now as gentle as a lamb , and would lie down and sleep beside him instead of pacing round her box all night . |
| 8 | Have carpenters ready to cut off their tusks ; then , at the spot where the tower is to be built , you must lie down and sleep for seven nights with your head pillowed on the sack of basil . |
| 9 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 10 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 11 | That took an hour , and made me so tired that I was able to lie down and go to sleep . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm going to lie down and go to sleep now . |
| 13 | I do n't think it helps him , it helps me calm down and go to sleep . |
| 14 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 15 | Then she said , I 've arranged now if you would like to go down and speak in er a meeting in Oxford . |
| 16 | that looked fantastic and everyone said oh god he 's so artistic you know and he 's a butcher he was n't really but we just used to sit down and think of all these ideas you know |
| 17 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person . |
| 18 | I think people give it away too much ; I do n't think they take the time to sit down and think about all aspects of being a creative person |
| 19 | Ingleston , if we were offered a King 's ransom , we might have to sit down and think about it , but it is very much a long , long shot ! |
| 20 | He says that the children are responding to a need in themselves , and believes that many adults do n't make the time to slow down and think about what they really need . |
| 21 | ‘ It got people to sit down and think about these things . |
| 22 | But I did n't really have time or the ability to sit down and think about their whole term 's work which is what I had to do really . |
| 23 | Perhaps when they have had time to cool down and think about it , they will reconsider . ’ |
| 24 | Lead words , if you want to sit down and , in , in general you see er , you want to just sit down and think about what you 're doing and what you 're not doing , you can sit down and exercise on these words , now I 'm not saying you 'd ever want to do that , right now if , now you know I was saying to you about comparative questions right |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to sit down and rest for a while ? ’ she suggested . |
| 26 | There has been no point in British history at which the prevailing method of government has been completely swept away , allowing those in power to sit down and create from first principles a new and clearly delineated form of government . |
| 27 | The miracle happened : she heard the car slow down and stop beside her . |
| 28 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 29 | SINGAPORE ( Reuter ) — The Prime Minister of Singapore , Lee Kuan Yew , confirmed in an interview with the BBC that he would step down and hand over power to his deputy , Goh Chok Tong , by the end of next year . |
| 30 | She and Edward would be alone on Grace , and they could batten down and stay in bed for twenty-four hours if they felt like it . |