Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why not zoom down to your nearest Radio Rentals Shop and you could be watching your memories on video again and again ! |
| 2 | ‘ I did not throw down the gauntlet ! |
| 3 | You simply can not plough down as you might do in deep , wet snow . |
| 4 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 5 | Norman Collar was determined they should not slow down and he and Joan took an active part in delivering meals on wheels and ran a Red Cross hospital trolley service . |
| 6 | ‘ Demand will not slow down — they will get more interesting . |
| 7 | Twenty eight year old Andrew Hayton approached at around sixty miles an hour on his Yamaha motorbike but did not slow down . |
| 8 | behind our eyes can not fall down |
| 9 | Miraculously , she did not fall down . |
| 10 | He used almost völkisch language , claiming that the Romanians ( unlike the Hungarian , German and other minorities ) were ‘ autochthonous ’ : ‘ They did not come from elsewhere , they did not fall down from the sky ; they were born and lived here , in this land , and they defended it with their blood . ’ |
| 11 | Then the walls will stand firm , tile stones will cling together , and the buildings will not fall down at night . " |
| 12 | IF YOU DROP SOMETHING ON THE LINE , DO NOT JUMP DOWN AND GET IT . |
| 13 | This time the ascension does not bring down the curtain on the life of Jesus ; instead , the curtain goes up on the life of the Church . |
| 14 | And he is not yet so low that he can not bring down many a better man . |
| 15 | As the fibres of the nets are synthetic they do not break down so this dreadful destruction continues . |
| 16 | It is possible that this appearance of non-particulateness is illusory , and that the analogy with genes does not break down . |
| 17 | If England persist with their unfortunate habit of combining brilliant rugby with bovine penalty concessions , both Hilditch and Springbok captain Naas Botha will punish them ; IF England try to run possession as stupidly as they did against Australia in the World Cup final , either from too deep or too static , they will not break down a defence inspired by arrogance and pride ; IF England spill ball in the contact , another trait of early-season activity , this Springbok side are prepared to run , ball in hand , from end to end and can make a birthday cake out of crumbs . |
| 18 | The menstrual cycle ceases during pregnancy , the lining of the womb will not break down and ‘ periods ’ will generally stop . |
| 19 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 20 | With a x 40 microscope , surface lines become visible — the lines caused by buffing the silvered copper surface to its state of high polish , in readiness for exposure — but the image does not break down into its constituent silver-mercury particles . |
| 21 | It was constructed in such a way that the information will not break down into stylization or gesture nor found to be synthetic — or false . |
| 22 | The company does not break down divisional figures , but m.d . |
| 23 | The former England captain could not break down a determined Arsenal side who were playing for their places in the forthcoming FA Cup semi final against Tottenham . |
| 24 | On returning to the hotel , provided that the coaches do not break down ( remember ‘ 85 , Christine does ! ) , |
| 25 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 26 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |
| 27 | When picking something up from the floor , stand slightly in front and to the side of the object ; then , keeping the head upright , bend the knee and , still looking forward , pick up the object by feel ; do not look down . |
| 28 | High ladders from which she must not look down ? |
| 29 | Yet it was , I think , a tragedy for both parties that the whale of London could not keep down this nimble Jonah who distracted , but so well stimulated , her lethargic stomach . |
| 30 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |