Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 2 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 3 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 4 | Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years . |
| 5 | Well done , excellent , erm , as you can see , in some ways quite a complex er , issue , and it 's one of those things really , I think to fully understand this , you got to sit down with a pencil and paper and work it through yourself . |
| 6 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's advertising . |
| 7 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 8 | A girl sits down with a man and she says , ‘ I hear you 're very romantic , please take me to dinner ’ — that 's Public Relations ! |
| 9 | We speak of a judgement in a particular case or of a rule laid down in a judgement as being undoubtedly according to law , but as being ‘ unfair ’ or ‘ unjust ’ or ‘ inequitable ’ . |
| 10 | Using something tangible like photographs keeps the memory load down to a minimum and eases the stress of always having to think of something to say . |
| 11 | What Derrida points out is that this view can creep back into the definition of the sign itself once it has been broken down into a signifier and a signified . |
| 12 | The main entrance was on a small , dusty square grandly named Campo San Pietro , while , at the rear , steps led down to a canal and a private landing-stage for the guests arriving by water-taxi . |
| 13 | Marie , sick and trembling , overwhelmed with fear and guilt at her own actions , was already kneeling down with a dustpan and brush , sweeping up the broken glass from the tomato-sauce bottle that had been on the table . |
| 14 | And then they would spring down with a howl and rush to embrace her . |
| 15 | Meryl Sank down on a window-seat and listened ; already the house was uncannily quiet . |
| 16 | Emily sank down into a chair and studied the pages closely , controlling the urge to slap the insolent hussy 's pretty face . |
| 17 | She sank down into a chair and watched as Craig knelt before the fire , building it back into a glowing warmth . |
| 18 | When the carriage was out of sight , she sank down into a chair and put her hands over her face . |
| 19 | Or grind down to a powder if you want to add it to smooth sauces . |
| 20 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
| 21 | do n't go in Charlotte 's bedroom , alright , alright , they might have to come down in a minute if you want to go up , ah ? |
| 22 | The awful thought that he might come wandering down in a daze and be seen , made her turn cold . |
| 23 | But I left the first of her three Sunday night shows feeling vaguely let down after a set that mixed the great with the gaffs . |
| 24 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 25 | Laura came down with a handkerchief and wiped her son 's nose . |
| 26 | The bag came down with a thud and spilt its contents over the bare oak planks . |
| 27 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 28 | Came down in a tree and broke both his legs . |
| 29 | Then she told her sister , who came down in a taxi and I was talking to a woman who would not get off the phone . |
| 30 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |