Example sentences of "[vb infin] it down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The H B F figure for Greater York was twelve thousand three hundred , the Barton Willmore figure was twelve thousand seven hundred , but they did break it down on a district basis , and they gave five six five o to Ryedale , and then Michael Courcier , represented by Mr Sedgewick , a much more modest figure of ten thousand six hundred , for Greater York . |
| 2 | I 'll mark it down as a stray . ’ |
| 3 | Or she could set it down on a shelf alongside an empty flower jug . |
| 4 | He turned the door handle slowly , the automatic gripped in his fist , held high so that he could swing it down into a firing position if necessary . |
| 5 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 6 | Tell you what I 'll write it down on a bit of paper what page it 's on |
| 7 | I like to think there are n't many tricks I miss , but I have to credit Sorrel in that she did write it down on a scrap of newspaper without saying ‘ in case of what ? ’ |
| 8 | He goes look , I 'll write it down on an envelope , I 'll put it in a little envelope and you look at it before you die , but promise me you wo n't look at it before you die cos if you look at it before you die , it 'll happen to you . |