Example sentences of "not [verb] down [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite indiscretions induced by excess alcohol , relations between Stewart and Glenure had not broken down irretrievably . |
| 2 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 3 | Not dawn down there yet ’ . |
| 4 | Well , why not , why not come down hard on them ? |
| 5 | We stared in stunned shock , realising that the pilot must have made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads , but then just could n't manage those last few yards which would have brought them safely onto the runway . |
| 6 | As the fibres of the nets are synthetic they do not break down so this dreadful destruction continues . |
| 7 | She 's not going down well at all , whatever the Senior Management may think . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not going down there . |
| 9 | I 'm not a go , I 'm not going down there . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm just feeding the throttle in , winding it back and forth , trying not to put down too much or too little . |
| 11 | Not like down there . |
| 12 | No , they , well this is the trouble you see it 's not secure down there |
| 13 | We actively desired an ever closer union of the European peoples , but it was not laid down how and when this was to be achieved . |
| 14 | Alright then Aaron he 's not coming down yet , he wo n't |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm definitely not coming down here again . |
| 16 | And he 's always been pretty decent — bailing me out of rather tricky situations I got into , and not coming down too heavily about them . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But you 're not to fly down low again to try to read the signposts . |
| 18 | The exotic land-prepared dishes did not go down well . |
| 19 | My answer did not go down well with the Officer with the lather on his face . |
| 20 | This did not go down well . |
| 21 | This remark did not go down well with Alcuin , who thought he was being criticized , but we can see what it meant to the late ninth-century writer who reported it . |
| 22 | Branson was warned by another member of the party that this would not go down well and , sure enough , was told by the butler the following morning that he was no longer welcome . |
| 23 | This did not go down well and I was nearly ejected from the cab . |
| 24 | All this jollity , however , did not go down well with our two female gauleiters . |
| 25 | When they have been eating out all the time they have been away , and are longing for an evening at home , the suggestion does not go down well . |
| 26 | That connection does not go down well with many people who vote Liberal Democrat . |
| 27 | This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for Letterman to bring to bear his feminine understanding on eager actresses , although something tells me that his Californian slightly-absurd-boyish-middle-aged charm will not go down well in Paris . |
| 28 | ( This did not go down well with the Lionisers . |
| 29 | That will not go down well in Scotland . |
| 30 | The opposition to the Bill that we have heard tonight , to the effect that it will make such offences more difficult to prove , will not go down well in the country . |