Example sentences of "his [noun] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he actually took her arm , quite simply and confidently , and rushed her on the wings of his enthusiasm down through the green complexities of the bowl , between the crisp , serrated walls , across the fragments of tiled pavement , past the forum pillars , down to where the emerald turf sloped off under a token wire barrier to the riverside path and the waters of the Comer . |
| 2 | Bardsley put his teacup down and said in a melancholy voice , ‘ I was thinking of taking him into partnership , but business has n't been that good lately . |
| 3 | He pushed his hand back beneath her skirt and thrust his fingers down inside her panties , pressing roughly between her legs . |
| 4 | Without warning , he 'd slowly reached his hand forward to touch her cheek , slid his fingers down to grasp her chin between his thumb and forefinger , tilting her face to the light . |
| 5 | There was a glimmer of amusement in his dark eyes as he slid his fingers down to the pulse drumming wildly at the base of her throat . |
| 6 | He was off-balance , his defences down as Ward drew back his right arm and slammed that gloved hand straight into the sallow face . |
| 7 | ‘ Andrew had his defences down as Waterworth came across in front of me and hit him in the mouth and knocked his head on the floor . |
| 8 | Corbett set his goblet down before replying . |
| 9 | At last Couville put his goblet down on the floor beside him . |
| 10 | Clinton put his goblet down on the table , bade us good night and walked softly away . |
| 11 | He put his foot down straightaway . |
| 12 | If he actually put his foot down and said , ‘ No , I think that 's ridiculous ’ , everyone shut up and listened , and I feel that this was the first time that he realised that he did have the powers of leadership , not only on stage but also off stage . ’ |
| 13 | Doyle put his foot down and drove straight at the men . |
| 14 | Mayne put his foot down and Seekings dispersed the enemy with a burst from the Vickers machine gun in the back . |
| 15 | He pushed his foot down and the truck shook with the power of its movement . |
| 16 | He had rammed his foot down on the accelerator , the Mercedes shot forward , the little grey 's neck jerked frantically and she cartwheeled violently in the air crashing to the ground , to be dragged ten feet before Angel braked . |
| 17 | Even though Stevens still needed Dean for a couple more shots , the young punk put his foot down and tore along Highway 66 at 85 miles an hour , heading for a sports car race at Salinas . |
| 18 | For statistics alone are unlikely to stop a 17-year-old putting his foot down in a lethal weapon . |
| 19 | Putting his foot down |
| 20 | He pressed his foot down , sped along the country road which was free of other traffic . |
| 21 | He rammed his foot down , the Merc. responded , shot forward like a torpedo . |
| 22 | Newman kept his foot down . |
| 23 | Pushing his foot down on the accelerator , Anthony thrust the car forward . |
| 24 | The man pocketed the wallet , and jabbed his foot down on the accelerator . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're on to us , ’ he groaned , wondering whether he should put his foot down on the accelerator instead . |
| 26 | Something about the way he approached the Saab 900 Carlsson suggested that he still likes to put his foot down : perhaps it was the way his right elbow automatically felt for a resting place against the window , perhaps it was just the fact that it was his birthday ( 42 ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure glad the Colonel put his foot down , ’ Sabrina said , glancing at the door again . |
| 28 | Sung went to shake his head , but Bergson brought his foot down firmly on top of his left hand and began to press down . |
| 29 | Muttering very unscientific speculations in a number of alien languages about the car 's origins and usefulness , the Doctor kept his foot down and did his best to avoid the holes in the road . |
| 30 | He rammed his foot down on the brake and sent the car into a fizzing convulsion of rev and whinny . |