Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says Jim Whiston , ‘ This time next year we 'll have double the number of accreditations and by 1990 the vast majority of businesses in C&P , ICI Films and ICI Advanced Materials will have attained BS standards or those laid down by manufacturers . ’ |
| 2 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |
| 3 | One or two went down without taking examinations . |
| 4 | Now in the inside of that it opens out , there 's an opening in the bone and that leads down among other things into a tube down here , now that is connected up further down to the sinuses across |
| 5 | And that comes down to the individual . |
| 6 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 7 | And then — then , you consequently climb the damned thing and are too drunk and half-witted to get down by yourself ! ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait as long as two years before the upheaval and upset dies down to a level where you are really ready to cope again . |
| 9 | Christmas came and went , with Bob Lamb being invited to share the Oaks ' family celebrations on Christmas Day , and all going down to Cherry Tree Farm on Boxing Day . |
| 10 | Galettes , Brittany 's savoury buckwheat pancakes , are served with different fillings , salad and relishes with dessert crepes , followed by organic ice creams and all washed down with ciders , soft drinks or wines . |
| 11 | The first change they noticed as a result of the Revolution was the indiscriminate and wasteful hacking down of the woods by the peasants : large trees had merely been deprived of their thinner branches . |
| 12 | ‘ The highlanders , ’ testified one Jacobite present , ‘ though faint with hunger and ready to drop down with fatigue and want of sleep , seemed to forget all their hardships at the approach of the enemy . |
| 13 | The hon. Member for Dundee , East called on us to promise a review , but that comes down to a running review and immediate flexibility . |
| 14 | This type of information used to be held on an IBM mainframe computer , but this closed down for financial reasons . |
| 15 | Croatia and the JNA late on Aug. 27 agreed to a new ceasefire after talks in Brioni between Tudjman , Defence Minister Kadijevic and Chief of Staff Gen. Adzic but this broke down within hours as fighting resumed in Vukovar . |
| 16 | But this comes down to saying no more than that the dog eats the meat not the eggplant . |
| 17 | But one step down from this grander world view at a more personal level , we all have a simpler way of seeing things which still vigorously affects the shape and colour of our personalities and what contributions and responses we bring to our relationships with others . |