Example sentences of "[verb] down [conj] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | Sit down and give me the time I need to explain everything to you ? ’ |
2 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
3 | Erm , I came down and explained what the nature was , what you wanted to be done , you did n't really explain why and how important that our was , which I felt , that he said what he needing doing , he said what resources he had , and he said that , he did n't really set tasks erm , but he did ask them what they thought they should do you know . |
4 | I was floating overhead — I was n't visible to the daleks and I thought I should come down and see what the Awful Warning was . |
5 | ‘ Why do n't you just sit down and tell me the whole story from the beginning . ’ |