Example sentences of "[conj] do [adv] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone walked past her , and spilt all the drink down her front , that did n't go down very well . |
| 2 | He has a habit of giving me messages for my dad or asking about the family that does n't go down well . |
| 3 | DataEase 's menus are n't overlaid GUI-style and do n't drop down , but this makes for a simple approach to building and using your database . |
| 4 | First time you go up it can be a bit frightening , but hang on with both hands and do n't look down . |
| 5 | Indeed she has spoken admiringly of criminals who are " active , free in spirit , and do not knuckle down to anyone " . |
| 6 | • If you stay awake at night and do not lie down , the increase in height does not occur . |
| 7 | If you are driving alone in a car , do not stop to pick up hitch-hikers , always lock all your doors if you are sitting in a parked car and do not roll down the window to give a suspicious looking stranger directions . |
| 8 | Unfortunately coaches are not infallible and do occasionally break down or need replacing and certain on board facilities may occasionally fail . |
| 9 | He was usually available for comment and did not talk down to journalists . |
| 10 | Naturally , it 's smaller and does n't break down so often . |
| 11 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 12 | well you know I know that some people do but do n't back down afterwards and then say oh well never mind it was my fault cos it 's not your fault . |
| 13 | If he or she asks you to pick something up , assert yourself or defuse the situation but do n't bend down . |
| 14 | Twenty eight year old Andrew Hayton approached at around sixty miles an hour on his Yamaha motorbike but did not slow down . |
| 15 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |
| 16 | Susan walked into the room but did n't sit down . |