Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] down a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to calm down a bit . ’ |
| 2 | I shall return to that point later , but I want to put down a clear marker now . |
| 3 | Mom grabs a megaphone as Sly 's squad try to talk down a youth threatening to jump from a tall building , and regales everyone with her Joey 's boyhood stories , his bed-wetting and toilet-training . |
| 4 | Now , do sit down a moment — we can just fit another chair in here . ’ |
| 5 | I 've broken down a lot more than I ever have over the last three months . |
| 6 | I had six days — time to make myself an evening gown ( evening gowns are n't funny ) that drops to pieces ( how ? ) after I 've fallen down a flight of stairs . |
| 7 | But I 've come down a bit now . |
| 8 | When they 've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed , warm it up nice . |
| 9 | Erm one wonders whether that 's erm wise in the long term because once you 've closed down a coal mine of course you ca n't er re-open it very easily because the roof falls in and it floods and effectively you have to start again from er from scratch . |
| 10 | You see this post standing up here now we 've got down a lot lower this time , in fact , I think , it 's the same post . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've jotted down a few details , numbers and so on . |
| 12 | However , I wish to put down a marker that , as the provisions of the Bill succeed in care in the community — for health visitors and community nurses — I hope that the possibility of its being extended to certain aspects of hospital work will be considered . |
| 13 | Great that we 're making a few bob at last ; I 've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers . |
| 14 | I entered it because I thought it would increase my confidence ; once you 've walked down a catwalk in a swimsuit , you can face most things . |
| 15 | I mean when he does his window displays you 've never seen anything like it , you know , so , I think he 's got quite er , he 's quite good at things like that , but erm , we 've tamed down a bit now . |
| 16 | If you 've taken down a door leading from hall to living room , or kitchen to dining room , you may be lucky and be left with interesting architrave mouldings around doorways , but if they 're plain modern ones , you 'll probably rip them out with the door . |
| 17 | Well it 's , look he passed the hundred and fifty metre mark , ten seconds later he passed the two hundred and fifty metre mark , how far did he run in ten seconds and you 've put down a hundred metres |
| 18 | I 've calmed down a little . |
| 19 | This means people with As at A-level , first class or good 2.1 honours degree , first time passes in chartered accountancy , or graduates who 've held down a managerial post in industry and done an MBA . |
| 20 | After completing a check list you need to write down a conclusion . |
| 21 | The Ford Pay claim coincides with negotiations at Vauxhall where leaders of the 9,000 manual workers have turned down a two-year offer giving 9.1 per cent in the first year and inflation plus £3 in the second . |
| 22 | ( First Edition ) WARRINGTON have turned down a transfer request from Neil Harmon , their 21-year-old prop forward . |
| 23 | WIMBLEDON have turned down a £1.6million bid by Southampton for striker Dean Holdsworth . |
| 24 | That reminds me , did I tell you that the trustees have turned down a request from Annabel ? ’ |
| 25 | Meanwhile the world 's top players have turned down a tempting financial offer aimed at attracting them away from the Ulster Milk Games match between Europe and Asia in Belfast on June 8 . |
| 26 | The pair have tracked down a lot of information about the Pagefield Ironworks including some of the original draughtsmen 's drawings . |
| 27 | POLICE have closed down a massage business operating in the room where prostitute Lynne Trenholm was brutally murdered . |
| 28 | POLICE have closed down a massage parlour operating in the room where prostitute Lynne Trenholm was murdered . |
| 29 | BBM just need to calm down a little 'cos when they do , like on the unsolved murder and injustice ballad ‘ 16 Years ’ , they sound sincerely committed . |
| 30 | Research also shows that many youngsters in residential care have experienced difficulties with schooling ; for example , over half of all boys in residential care have stayed down a class at least once . |