Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church . |
| 2 | Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol . |
| 3 | Sir Richard led them down through a flagstoned kitchen and scullery , out into the great yard around which the house was built . |
| 4 | She allowed Dr Neil to sit her down on a doorstep and help her to replace her shoe , and he guarded her while she tidied her hair , and pulled her torn dress together . |
| 5 | Dr Rafaelo took her down to the poolside . |
| 6 | Dr Neil sat her down in a chair opposite to his , and drew out the permanently set-up board on which she had frequently seen him working out problems . |
| 7 | After breakfast , Pete sits us down in a semi-circle . |
| 8 | Earl brought in a yellow legal pad with a number of acronyms on it in boxes , and North put it down on the table ; at that point , his secure telephone went off , and he had to ask Miller to leave . |
| 9 | Alan ushered them down towards the table . |
| 10 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 11 | Tom settled himself down at the table and said , ‘ Now , let's have a chat about what we 're going to do when this snow clears . |
| 12 | Mary laughed as Martin pulled her down on the bed beside him . |
| 13 | Penry pulled her down on the sofa forcibly . |
| 14 | Mrs Totteridge swung herself down from the horse 's back and strode to the Range Rover . |
| 15 | He left , and Fran flung herself down on the bed , pummelling the pillow with her fists in a sudden explosion of temper . |
| 16 | Alan Wilcox puts it down to the fact that there has always been a hard core of people for whom it becomes their chief social interest . |
| 17 | Kalchu put it down on the roof and clamped the body between his knees . |
| 18 | Simon and Marian laid him down on a couch of deer-skins . |
| 19 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 20 | Rumour had it the owner of the Gazi burned it down for the insurance money . |
| 21 | She was hit and caught fire while going in to attack at low level and her pilot Don MacIntyre brought her down on the frozen surface of nearby Lake Hocklingen . |
| 22 | Asa took her down to a thousand , then five hundred feet , and the Yak , hungry for the kill , stayed on his tail . |
| 23 | The bus for the centre of Cairo took us down to the Nile and then along the Corniche to the 6th of October bridge . |
| 24 | Belinda put it down on the nearest table and sat there , shaking and desperately trying not to show how upset she was over Deana 's blunt accusation . |
| 25 | She would make George take her down to the river , or get Billy to run away with her for hours , never fearing the punishment . |
| 26 | Felicity flung herself down on the sacrificial stone , opening wide her legs , arching her back , so that her pudendum rose in the air like some nocturnal flower . |
| 27 | Hilda Machin settled herself down on the chair , smiling happily and looking guilelessly at Mr Kronweiser who , if the truth were known , amused her very much . |
| 28 | Alex brought it down like a guillotine for its utter cold meant no feeling , when feeling meant only pain . |
| 29 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll have Nurse Lambert take you down in the lift . |