Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Mediterranean peoples rarely sit down to dinner much before nine . ’ |
| 2 | He offers no explanation , as they sit down to dinner , and Anne and Millie talk about other things . |
| 3 | When world leaders sit down to dinner at home they prefer simple fare , according to the people who cook for them . |
| 4 | I feed her and get her washed and undressed and ready for bed and then these two sit down to tea . |
| 5 | After the working day they sit down to supper and the master sets the tasks for the morrow : Quoth Maister — Lads , work hard I pray , Cloth mun be peark 'd next market-day , And Tom mun go tomorn to t'spinners , And Will mun seek about for t'swingers ; And Jack tomorn , by time be rising , And go t'sizing mill for sizing , And get your web and warping done That ye may get it into loom . |
| 6 | They compose themselves as the laibon appears and suggests we sit down for tea . |
| 7 | Fairfax and Claudia sit down on camp chairs . |
| 8 | Sit down on daddy 's lap . |
| 9 | I sit down with Paul Franklin every now and then and we swap licks — just basically show each other what we know . |
| 10 | The new arrangements should provide more occasions when mental health workers sit down with individuals to discuss their care in a structured way . |
| 11 | When you sit down with Tony , punch in your code word , he 'll punch in his , and you 'll retrieve the data we loaded in . |
| 12 | Can you two go and sit down with daddy please cos this is getting silly . |
| 13 | Go and sit down with daddy please . |
| 14 | NIGEL MANSELL 'S old boss Frank Williams will be waiting on the sidelines today as motor sport 's top brass sit down in Paris to find a way of saving next year 's Grand Prix calendar and prevent his Williams team from paying a massive fine . |
| 15 | Two o'clock — I then sit down in front of the television with a pen and piece of paper and watch the schools programme which I like because you can have a rest from writing and reading . |
| 16 | I wait until my husband 's doing the late shift , and I wait until the children have gone to bed , and I sit down in front of the television . |
| 17 | if you go into the room sit down in front of the typewriter and the exam begins , and you do it you could pass easy , well I 've done it and I 've passed ! |
| 18 | Hippies sit down round camp fires and smoke nasty substances . |
| 19 | Thereafter , possibly because the magazine began to appear more irregularly , Minton produced one further design , showing pages of manuscript fluttering down between buildings , and which was used for the next seven issues . |
| 20 | The policemen push down on Tepilit 's shoulders as the judge takes his seat to indicate that he , too , should sit . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | At one stage the FTSE was more than 14 points down in reaction to predictions about Government borrowing . |
| 23 | He had missed her moment — he knew he had missed it — ; yet his eyes softened suddenly , and you could almost see the shadow fall from his shoulders as he twinkled down at Laura where she knelt before her dying fire . |
| 24 | He tottered away across the bath to Jazz and Bean , leaving Hoomey clinging to the rail , gazing down in amazement at the distance he had swum . |
| 25 | ‘ But it 's time to sit down to breakfast . |
| 26 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |
| 27 | ‘ I did n't ask to sit down to dinner with them , I did n't ask to be ridiculed and insulted by dear , delightful Melissa ! ’ |
| 28 | Ian , 49 , told friends : ‘ It may sound sloppy but the two of us will be able to sit down at home and have a jolly good cuddle listening to this . ’ |
| 29 | At two o'clock I should like to sit down at table . |
| 30 | This is when it is good to sit down with pen and paper and analyse why we are jealous . |