Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sister did not like this at all and called the paediatrician , who examined and decided that he ought to go down to the special care baby unit after all . |
| 2 | I ought to go down to the police station . |
| 3 | Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off . |
| 4 | Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky . |
| 5 | For some reason , this letter so unnerved her that she thought she must rush down to the sea at once , and run the thudding in her head quite out of it . |
| 6 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |
| 7 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 8 | An imaginative pragmatist judge might be tempted , for example , to divorce the question of what rule he should lay down for the future from the question of how he should decide the case before him . |
| 9 | ‘ Must cut down on the bloody fags , ’ he told himself . |
| 10 | First , he suggests the Government should clamp down on the ‘ wanton use of lethal force ’ by the security forces . |
| 11 | The new regulatory body for the direct sales channel should cut down on the risks involved in buying a computer direct |
| 12 | If you do end it should go down to the end . |
| 13 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 14 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 15 | In a constantly shifting scene it must go down as the most important symbolic change imaginable . |
| 16 | ‘ This must lead down to the road , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 17 | But a spokesman for the firm which organised the poster campaign said it should come down within the next five days . |
| 18 | ‘ The other must come down from the Ridgery . ’ |
| 19 | Finally it was agreed that both should get down at the same moment . |
| 20 | I should sit down to the job Tim and you wo n't fall over . |
| 21 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 22 | For now you must lie down on the bed and go to sleep . ’ |
| 23 | With me on his back he must fly down to the Gruncher . |
| 24 | Instead of being critical , adversarial or even sceptical , the media should bow down to the needs of the country so as to encourage development across all sectors . |
| 25 | First the Cutty Sark and then we 'll explore down by the river . |
| 26 | Tell you what — get yourself cleaned up and dressed and I 'll run down to the house for something . " |
| 27 | The move was widely interpreted as a confirmation of Keating 's position as Hawke 's successor , and fuelled speculation that the Prime Minister might step down before the next election . |
| 28 | We 'll go down to the next floor . |
| 29 | ‘ First , we 'll go down to the kitchen and pack a small picnic , ’ she told him , ‘ then , yes … we 'll make our way to Corporation Park . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll go down to the station and talk to Perks , ’ she thought . |