Example sentences of "down this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well I 've got a couple of people off so we 're down this morning . |
| 2 | She only went down this morning . |
| 3 | Yet it was , I think , a tragedy for both parties that the whale of London could not keep down this nimble Jonah who distracted , but so well stimulated , her lethargic stomach . |
| 4 | They want the Prime Minister to use the Conservative Party conference next week to slap down this turbulent priest . |
| 5 | The way was down this slope , then crash through those low pine branches , then round the top of that steep bit , then over there — I think . |
| 6 | I go down this side street where there ai n't so many big shops . |
| 7 | ‘ Lay down this book and reflect for five minutes on the fact that all the great religions were first preached , and long practised , in a world without Chloroform . ’ |
| 8 | The list is longer , but what I am getting at is that it is going to be extremely expensive to cut down this pollution . |
| 9 | It is not just the six weeks we were shut down this summer and the loss of trade since , we are worried about the future . |
| 10 | He particularly liked this stretch ; nothing but the odd tractor and the horses ever came down this embankment , and the birds were unworried by his presence . |
| 11 | The slow but steady rise in France 's defence spending has begun to turn down this year . |
| 12 | I have destroyed many pages and crossed out hundreds , no thousands , of words in order to arrive at an imaginative sympathy ( though not , of course , an explicit approval ) with Miller as he walks down this long , gently curving terrace of dilapidated Edwardian houses . |
| 13 | THE competition to find a new dinghy to be sailed by young people aged from 11 to 15 was narrowed down this week to two boats . |
| 14 | Richard Chauncy tore down this house , and built the one which stands in its place at a cost of £20,000 between 1747 and 1752 . |
| 15 | She 'd be daft to turn down this opportunity . |
| 16 | One of the men who had to walk down this precarious companionway was Malcolm MacDonald , the British dominions secretary in 1938 , still vainly attempting to reconcile the desperate promises of the First World War before the outbreak of the Second , trying to preserve order in the British mandate of Palestine by restricting Jewish immigration . |
| 17 | Let me advise Council now , that if they proceed down this primrose path any further then it becomes a resignation issue for me and , I suspect , many others who can not believe this farrago . |
| 18 | Not deterred the offer price was raised and raised again , until the family could no longer turn down this fabulous offer . |
| 19 | The Trustees turned down this request , saying that a larger scheme at a later date would be preferable . |
| 20 | Such structural changes are inevitable with the international division of labour but Northern protectionism will , undoubtedly , slow down this process . |
| 21 | Before embarking upon such a course of action , heads and governors must decide how far down this entrepreneurial road they wish to go , what scale of profits they seek and at what possible cost to their pupils . |
| 22 | The bones released from the scats as they decayed were washed down this gully , and this resulted in the separation of two distinct bone assemblages : the one remaining at the top of the hill consisted of about 60 per cent dental and jaw fragments while the one washing down the hill consisted of more than 70 per cent vertebrae . |
| 23 | It was down this trough that the Severn tide roared twice daily , before relentlessly covering the high sand in the middle estuary at a rate of which the eye could see . |
| 24 | The aim of the gist-listening session was to try and break down this hostility by showing the group that they could understand two native speakers talking ‘ naturally ’ , in this case about a shopping expedition . |
| 25 | We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term . |
| 26 | Counselling ended with our third session , at which we wrote down this couple 's agreed terms for marriage . |
| 27 | ( left ) Dressing up or down this versatile outfit can be as simple as changing your shoes — comfy espadrilles for daytime , sophisticated heels for evenings . |
| 28 | It could be a reason because I have at times felt a little down this year . |
| 29 | I too pondered over making up a few of my own out of spring steel , but decided to try the cheaper option of a note to Warwick themselves before going down this route . |
| 30 | For example , if we decide to round down this gives ( 3 , O , 1 ) . |