Example sentences of "you [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authentic taste requires these wontons to be hot and spicy , but you may tone it down a bit by reducing the amount of chilli oil . |
| 2 | ‘ You must put it down to jet lag and worry over my sister ; I 'm not usually so easily fooled . ’ |
| 3 | You should bring it down like that . |
| 4 | Your first offer should be about half what the merchant asks and you should beat him down from there . ’ |
| 5 | Somebody else said oh you should throw it down the sink but I did n't think you were supposed to do that either . |
| 6 | Yes , I think that everybody recognizes that you should use the medicine that the doctor prescribes in the way he prescribes it and when you 've finished the treatment you should put it down the lavatory or get rid of it in some other safe way , but not keep it so that you can try it yourself again a bit later on and perhaps get confused and when you 've got boils on your neck take something which was meant for ingrowing toe nails or something like that . |
| 7 | You should n't have the arm up , you should have it down ! |
| 8 | ‘ You should write it down , ’ Erika said . |
| 9 | ‘ I believe you should go on thinking , ’ said Ludens , ‘ and I believe you should write it down . |
| 10 | Maybe you should take him down to Mrs Hollidaye 's . |
| 11 | ‘ You should get something down on this . |
| 12 | You should get yourself down there . ’ |
| 13 | Oh you 'll bring it down , that 'll be grand . |
| 14 | ‘ If you want my advice , lovie , you 'll pop her down the Town Hall and find her a decent coat to wear . |
| 15 | I 'm sure you 'll find one down where the dross and scum gather . ’ |
| 16 | — I 've told you you 'll hate it down there . |
| 17 | Well you wo n't wait until that long you 'll put it down in May |
| 18 | Right so first , you 'd sit her down , and you go through the job description perhaps , what about an on-going basis ? |
| 19 | Maybe you 'd walk me down to the Shelbourne for a taxi ? ’ he asked Jack . |
| 20 | If you just wanted two N H fours you 'd put it down here . |
| 21 | But you could delegate it down could n't you . |
| 22 | Even if you could hold him down you might easily cut too far and hurt him . ’ |
| 23 | You could bring them down and we co keep that here for now that helicopter |
| 24 | ‘ Or do n't tell me that all those questions about Ryan were simply so that you could track him down and make him pay the money back ? ’ |
| 25 | If you could cut yourself down through the middle , there 's you 're ears on the outside there and there 's a wee channel that goes in |
| 26 | If the walls separating the two are of the partition rather than supporting variety you could take them down and incorporate the space into one much larger room which will make more family sense . |
| 27 | They were very attractive and they did have the advantage that you could take them down and plunge the whole thing in water and wash it and er |
| 28 | You could write them down and give them to your next of kin or a close friend . |
| 29 | Fold in the overlapping corners at the top tightly , to secure the cone — you could staple it down as well if you like . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose you could put it down to a bad mood , ’ she said yesterday . |