Example sentences of "have not [adv] [vb pp] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
| 2 | He continued : ‘ In eight weeks of this dispute he [ Mr Clarke ] has not once sat down with the staff side of the ambulancemen . |
| 3 | She struggled up , wiping a lump of mud from her forehead , and gazed after the car , which had not even slowed down . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , ’ she murmured , and smiled to show that her heart had not just sunk down into her boots . |
| 5 | The great cloud of dust raised inside the block by the morning 's sweeping of the floor had not yet settled down again . |
| 6 | He went down to breakfast and was relieved to find that the Captain had not yet come down . |
| 7 | There was a mangle in one room rearing up out of the cardboard boxes like a stag , the chaos ( or the wolves ) had not yet pulled down . |
| 8 | A few days previously I had paid a quick visit to Bourn , which had not yet closed down , to say goodbye to those of my acquaintances who were still there , and to find out what had happened to Rosemary . |
| 9 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 10 | Furious , Wilson went down into the freezing kitchen , where the well banked-up fire had not quite died down , and poked it vigorously until it began to burn up . |
| 11 | The green lawns were bright and cut close , the thickets of daffodils had not quite died down along the edges of the drive . |
| 12 | No , he 'll be out went out at ten to seven but over a sort of I 've been up since seven , I 've not really sat down all day . |
| 13 | Ken would be starring in the play opposite Dame Edith Evans , who was admittedly close to the end of her remarkable career and had n't yet lived down that famous interpretation of hers in the film of The Importance of Being Earnest . |
| 14 | I 'm only looking , I have n't even got down to the thing yet . |
| 15 | But I think it must be , I got up when he went to work , half past seven and I have n't sat down I have n't even sat down then to eat because I |
| 16 | With Elton , the joy of it is that at least you 're quite familiar with a lot of the stuff , and even if you have n't actually sat down and worked through it you know how the songs go . |
| 17 | I do n't know , basically I 've been working so hard and pushing so hard I have n't really slowed down to even think about what I 'm doing with my work . |