Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] down [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually we made our way back to the terrace and sat down on a bank . |
| 2 | One day they 'll make a big killing , quit the rackets and settle down to a respectable life in a new town . |
| 3 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 4 | Some people expect to see a Sigmund Freud-like figure and to lie down on a couch . |
| 5 | He dived behind a storage tank , covering as Forster dropped lightly to his feet and ducked down beside a bench . |
| 6 | Design by Dr Ibrahim Alkhattat , the workshop will be built from small diameter larch poles contained in steel shoes and held down with a tension wire . |
| 7 | Following these now disregarded signs of past activity along the old path , I traversed the hillside and came down to a crumbling stone sheepfold with the roofless remains of a shepherd 's hut built into one wall . |
| 8 | Several other nuees swept harmlessly down the valley of the Riviere Blanche during the next couple of months , but on 30 August death came again to Martinique , where a powerful nuee blasted out from Mt Pelee and rolled down in a new direction , engulfing the small village of Morne Rouge . |
| 9 | She made herself some tea , hunted for headache tablets and slumped down into a chair . |
| 10 | A pair of grey-backed crows — hooded crows — flew across the track , and then , as the Land-Rover topped the rise and started down into a narrowing glen , a buzzard soared up in leisurely circles , to be lost over the crest of the moor . |
| 11 | Be glanced towards Kelly and slowed down for a moment before speeding onwards . |
| 12 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 13 | Then followed a battle of looks between them , but the captain soon put away his weapon and sat down like a beaten dog . |
| 14 | She reached her mother 's in nearby Northumberland Street and broke down in a state of shock . |
| 15 | With curious fitness , fate had it in store for him to marry an heiress and settle down in a castle in Spain — he who had conjured up so many of them in the imagination of junior executives . |
| 16 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 17 | The whole assembly can then be given several coats of varnish to help hold the windings in place and glued down to a square mounting board , etc . |
| 18 | She went into the drawing-room and sank down into a chair . |
| 19 | She strode back to the editor 's room and slumped down in a chair . |
| 20 | With an elaborate sigh he unravelled his legs and stood up , crossing the room and squatting down by a pine dresser . |
| 21 | Someone else came into the room and sat down on a plain wooden chair to watch him struggle . |
| 22 | Lorimer sauntered across the room and sat down on a chair by the butler 's fire . |
| 23 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 24 | The last is a source of amusement for Waggoner 's family and friends , who find it delightfully bizarre that a man who weighs around 300 pounds and dresses down with a passion should pen a guide to etiquette and fashion for the vaunted Esquire magazine . |
| 25 | Had there been no — and certainly no just-arrived audience — It would have been utterly lovely to have taken the phone and settled down for a chat , to be inspired and encouraged as always by the love you offer your friends and by your own zest for life physical and things spiritual . |
| 26 | Suddenly he was in the enemy 's trench and staring down into a young German 's eyes , a terrified boy even younger than himself . |
| 27 | Before starting the repair , remove all debris and loose rust and rub down with a wire brush and abrasive paper |
| 28 | So he staggered about ten yards and fell down with a moan on some pallets . |
| 29 | Life becomes crazy when I 'm recording Birds Of A Feather so I tend to organise working lunches and sit down in a restaurant to get my fuel . |
| 30 | This develops into a large bulky plant 2ft high , which collapses after heavy frost , blanketing the ground and breaking down into a mass of fibre . |