Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] down [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 2 | I 'd say we 'll have to do more than that , I 'd say we 'll have to go down for a week . |
| 3 | do n't go in Charlotte 's bedroom , alright , alright , they might have to come down in a minute if you want to go up , ah ? |
| 4 | The awful thought that he might come wandering down in a daze and be seen , made her turn cold . |
| 5 | In any other season you could have looked down from a ridge just below the pastures where the sheep were grazing and seen the village in miniature , a doll 's farm set in a patchwork of agricultural land that spread across the valley floor . |
| 6 | ‘ I think the Border clubs would have to sit down as a composite group and work out a new sevens structure . ’ |
| 7 | American banks will have to write down by a further 10–20% their medium- and long-term loans to Brazil and Argentina , increasing pressure on the second-quarter earnings of some of the big banks . |
| 8 | As in the forward head , considerable use is made of varnished timber trim ; this will require wiping down after a shower . |