Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adj] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | be fit to go it might be nice to go down on Saturday morning come back , Sunday Monday . |
| 2 | But soon it might be depressing to look down from the Topping . |
| 3 | ‘ Looks like we 'll be eleven sitting down to dinner . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've knitted you a tracksuit , dear — now you 'll be able to jog down to the shop when I need more yarn . ’ |
| 5 | From there she 'd be able to go down to the lakeside if she chose , or else pick up one of the shore paths that would take her further into the valley . |
| 6 | It may be necessary to dig down for some 3 feet ( 1 metre ) before you break into the rabbit hole . |
| 7 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 8 | When he has good selective movements in his hemiplegic leg , he may be able to get down from the bath seat into the bath tub . |
| 9 | Although the right had advocated foreign withdrawal they were well aware that the retention of some American troops was needed to prevent communist domination — ‘ Under Shtikov 's proposal , [ a ] strong Korean Communist Army in [ the ] North of Korea would be free to sweep down on the virtually unarmed south and quickly over-run it . ’ |
| 10 | Kathleen had always known , deep down , that one day she would meet someone she loved more than her career and would be ready to settle down with him to raise a family . |
| 11 | It would be useless to lay down in advance what they are , since they vary with each particular state of affairs . |
| 12 | A little bit more , just a little bit , and surely she would be able to hang down over the edge and drop gently into the water below . |
| 13 | Or Sally maybe would be able to come down with you Saturday and help you ? |
| 14 | Perhaps after considering the slave trade , religious oppression , or even just the growth of Bristol as a great commercial city , the armchair historian would be happy to settle down with Anne Crawford on Bristol and the Wine Trade and reflect that not all the vices on which Bristol is founded are entirely a bad thing . |
| 15 | ( On most types of training glider it will be possible to get down to the pre-stall buffet and continue with either a slight rocking of the wings or a very gentle inner wingdrop . ) |
| 16 | But it will be harder to crack down on the really powerful and harmful culprits in the shadow economy — the state bureaucrats who use their privileged access to goods heavily subsidized by the state to make fat profits for themselves . |
| 17 | This suggests they will be hard to break down in Italy . |
| 18 | According to an auction house representative the latter is the more likely outcome , because he doubts whether some countries , for example Italy , will be able to clamp down on smuggling . |
| 19 | Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ‘ mini studios ’ , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . |
| 20 | Winsor & and ; Newton will be creating six ‘ mini studios ’ , each one dedicated to a different medium , where you will be able to sit down for 20 minutes and try out the materials whilst getting expert tuition in a small group . |
| 21 | When you have understood the gist of this and talked to your inner teacher about what you need as an individual , you will be able to sit down with paper and write your own script . |
| 22 | Ian , 49 , told friends : ‘ It may sound sloppy but the two of us will be able to sit down at home and have a jolly good cuddle listening to this . ’ |
| 23 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 24 | It is quite likely that when your ferret locates rabbits in a dead-end you will be able to dig down without any serious problems . |
| 25 | Not every school will be able to travel down to Portsmouth to see the wreck of the Mary Rose for themselves , but they could watch a video about the discovery and raising of the wreck , and carry out a computer simulation to search for the wreck . |