Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Elizabeth felt reluctant , she was thankful to settle down in bed , knowing that her mother would see to Edward and that her sister would gladly take on her share of the farm-work . |
| 2 | There was never any doubt in his mind that they would or could do so , and indeed he heard their shouts and as the next wave lifted him was able to look down upon them and see that they were luffing to the wind and preparing to beat back towards him . |
| 3 | It was this loco that regularly worked the 17.09 two coach local from Chesterfield to Sheffield in 1962 , and after school it was customary to go down to the station and wait for it to arrive light engine . |
| 4 | PETER Swales announced today that he was ready to stand down as chairman of trouble-torn Manchester City . |
| 5 | The signal for the collapse of the regime was Mr Najibullah 's announcement last month that he was ready to step down in favour of a United Nations-appointed interim committee . |
| 6 | He did n't have much time in his lodgings on the outskirts of the town , but when he was there he was able to lie down in his quiet , quiet room and totally relax . |
| 7 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 8 | He decided to invade England and landed his troops at Hastings on the south coast , and had established a good bridgehead before the news reached Harold and he was able to journey down from Yorkshire . |
| 9 | By then some of the hurt had lessened and he was able to look down at her scrawly handwriting and think : so she made it . |