Example sentences of "[verb] down on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairfax and Claudia sit down on camp chairs . |
| 2 | Sit down on daddy 's lap . |
| 3 | The policemen push down on Tepilit 's shoulders as the judge takes his seat to indicate that he , too , should sit . |
| 4 | London share prices closed slightly lower , recouping early losses which sent the FT-SE 100 Index of leading shares 31.7 points down on fears of recession . |
| 5 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 6 | She got down on hands and knees to sweep away crumbs , and in the gaslight she looked paler than ever . |
| 7 | You can do it to some extent through the public sector , but one of the worrying things I find about the present situation with this growth of generations , the clamp down on building — less than a hundred thousand houses , I think , completed in the U K last year — my estimate is that we should be building about two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 8 | CLAMP DOWN ON CAR COSTS |
| 9 | Also attracting interest is Arthur Boyd 's ‘ Frightened Bridegroom II ’ ( signed , oil and tempera on muslin laid down on masonite , 137x183cm ) , painted in 1958 . |
| 10 | This sale of modern paintings will have as its top lot Chagall 's ‘ Self portrait with flowers ’ , 1969-70 , with the estimate of £200–300,000 ( $350–530,000 ) , and will also put on offer Modigliani 's drawing of circa 1914 ‘ Caryatide ’ ( charcoal on paper laid down on canvas , 71.5x49cm , est. £70–90,000 ; $125–160,000 ) . |
| 11 | Watching these changes about him , and seeing the leaves of the trees behind the cages turn rusty brown and then come tumbling down on gusts of wind , Creggan grew restless and ill at ease . |
| 12 | Touching down on Luqa 's main runway , heading east and sitting on the port side of the aircraft , the aviation-oriented visitor to the Island is drawn to a distinctive sight within the village of Kirkop , just of the Airport 's southern perimeter road , three fins ! |
| 13 | A communiqué said that government measures would ( i ) crack down on groups smuggling refugees across borders : ( ii ) standardize border controls ; ( iii ) deploy forces in remoter border areas ; and ( iv ) apply heavy fines for airlines failing to check travellers ' papers adequately at their point of departure . |
| 14 | Crack down on Dee cockling gangs hailed a success |
| 15 | In a message to the nation on June 28 Kaunda insisted that the economic reforms would go ahead , and asserted that he crack down on rioters . |
| 16 | His standard campaign speech is full of promises to expand the police force , crack down on crime and unite the city 's various ethnic groups . |
| 17 | One of the latest siezures in Operation Gemini , the police crack down on crime in Gloucestershire . |
| 18 | The main force of level bombers passed over to 6 8,000 feet virtually unchallenged , their bombs crashing down on Luqa where six Wellingtons were burnt out ( R1247 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 1384 of 148 Squadron , plus the sole remaining aircraft of 70 Squadron detachment , T2816 ) and seven more badly damaged , as were several Marylands . |
| 19 | If she pulled they would come crashing down on top of her , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 20 | An earlier ceasefire negotiated in Nairobi on Nov. 27 had broken down on Dec. 2 . |
| 21 | While fitting the rear offside wheel back on to Miss Clinton 's car , Jenny 's daddy had been called away suddenly to see to a tractor that had broken down on Farmer Pullen 's farm . |
| 22 | Prior to the Governor 's visit , talks had broken down on Jan. 12 between Hong Kong government officials and the Chinese government on the proposed $16,300 million project . |
| 23 | The talks were reported to have broken down on Jan. 21 over the issue of the withdrawal of JNA forces from areas of Croatia not under UN protection , although both sides affirmed their commitment to the ceasefire . |
| 24 | The Italian team 's French driver Jean Alesi posed for photographers in the new model but was unable to demonstrate the lightweight 644-B 's abilities at the car 's unveiling as it had broken down on Tuesday before it could be taken on a test run . |
| 25 | Tonight the Soviets attend a reception at the House of Commons and another tiny barrier will be broken down on Wednesday when the Combined Services provide the opposition at Aldershot . |
| 26 | So , if your boiler , fire or cooker goes down on Christmas day , we 'll be there to sort things out . |
| 27 | Buddy invites us to regard Holly in the same light , mocking ( in a horribly nudging re-creation ) Lubbock old-timers like The Hayriders , who sing : ‘ When the sun goes down on Blue Ridge Mountain It 's the time to whistle in your ear . ’ |
| 28 | Just a week before stepping down on May 27th , his camp put out a proposal for radical tax changes in the city . |
| 29 | be fit to go it might be nice to go down on Saturday morning come back , Sunday Monday . |
| 30 | Like , yes , the gold fish bowl on chains , they 're hanging down on chains |