Example sentences of "[vb base] down [prep] [art] [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first .
2 The temptation and the suspense novel , a book in which a high degree of identification both from intellectual curiosity and emotional involvement is necessary for the writer as much as the reader , is to catch hold of some intriguing initial situation , sit down at the typewriter and go racing ahead from there .
3 Right , sit down on the bed and give me your legs . ’
4 I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky .
5 Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years .
6 That we sit down with the figures and it might be another thing like we did with the bridal magazines , that we go to somebody and say , look we would like to do this to increase our turnover , will you fund us for half a year ?
7 So you sit down with The Hook and ask him about what it was like in the '60s in London , when he was lionised by Van Morrison , The Animals , Peter Green and all the gut-bucket R&B bands , but he just laughs and says it was fun .
8 I sit down in the armchair and eat my cereal .
9 Sit down by the fire and tell me all about it . ’
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 Drape over , press down over the top and sides , and smooth to fit over the corners before trimming away excess around the base .
12 Slice fungi and fry down with the butter and onions until all the liquid has evaporated .
13 ‘ I made that mistake once , but you should widen your interests , cut down on the travel and delegate more , ’ she told him , her expression serious .
14 Cut down on the feeding and forget the methylene blue and hopefully you will be successful with your fry next time .
15 Tired and exhausted mentally and physically ; break down in a sweat and become excited and irritable .
16 If you break down in the tunnel and you require assistance , the fireman takes from the driver a Wrong Line Order , colour green , and walks to the signal box , putting down three detonators as a guide when he pilots the Break Down on the wrong line to the train .
17 It forms when chlorine-containing compounds such as CFCs break down in the stratosphere and then it triggers photochemical chain reactions that can destroy as many as 100000 molecules of ozone per molecule of ClO .
18 In the hazy conditions a bright yellow camera bag was spotted first , a few feet from the corpse , which was lodged face down between a rock and a bush .
19 You simply squeeze Colourfun Image Maker over a picture they like , place it face down on the garment and roll with a rolling pin .
20 Gazzer lay face down on the bank and inched himself out over the edge .
21 He put the card face down on the table and brushed off the torn fragments of paper with the side of his sore hand .
22 Go along this for about 50 yards , then turn off right and drop down towards the wall and then towards a big double metal gate ahead .
23 Moving away from the terrace , broad steps drop down past a rose and herb bed edged with low growing box to the first lawn level , which would make an ideal play area .
24 The children lie down on the floor and they have to stay absolutely still .
25 ‘ Right , lie down on the couch and answer a few of these questions , and we 'll see what we can do for you .
26 I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy .
27 Labour , he said , would fight for more cash to run social services , not just lie down like the Tories and accept what they were given .
28 Dr Chris Wells , director of one of Europe 's largest pain clinics at Liverpool 's Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery , says many people lie down in the dark and withdraw from circulation when they have a bad headache .
29 Catarrhs travel down to the larynx and hoarseness , to the trachea with burning worse ( < ) for coughing and to the chest with constriction and a cough .
30 Pop down to the beach and sell it to the pedlar ? ’
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