Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 2 | If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table . |
| 3 | Now Vinnie will realise why we did not sit down in the pub . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | But it did not deal with the reasons why people were poor ; it did not get down to the underlying needs of the sick , the disabled , the fatherless , and so on . |
| 6 | Her left hand did not come down upon the ground . |
| 7 | Sheer orders of magnitude matter , and the orders of magnitude do not come down on the side of the real-balance effect . |
| 8 | It is not that English people do not lie down in the bedroom , or that French people do not have keys , but rather they choose different salient characteristics for the expression of that specific meaning . |
| 9 | ‘ And when you discovered Nicola and David Parkin were missing from the party , you did n't go down to the office again ? ’ |
| 10 | These flows were relatively small and they did n't get down to the lower , inhabited parts of the mountain . |
| 11 | As long as you do n't go down into the attic , I 'm sure I 've told you this , he goes as long as you do n't go down into the attic . |
| 12 | As long as you do n't go down into the attic , I 'm sure I 've told you this , he goes as long as you do n't go down into the attic . |
| 13 | I do n't drop down into the deck well , overcrowded as it is , but remain on the edge , with arms woven around the chrome railings for safety . |
| 14 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 15 | Do n't venture down into the shop . |
| 16 | Do n't cut down on the amount you drink as you need a regular amount of liquid , but do n't have too much after teatime . |
| 17 | Do n't lie down on the sands where the hole in the sky is . |
| 18 | Do n't come down to the kitchen . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ A football club does not close down at the end of a playing season . |
| 21 | Paul spends most of the rest of his letter dealing with the problem in Corinth ; he does n't come down on the side of being totally separate or of being totally indistinguishable in lifestyle — but you 'll have to read that for yourself . |