Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 2 | Complete Works is , in some ways , easier to use and incorporates some nice ideas , but the problems I had trying to link charts , table and spreadsheets together let it down in the end . |
| 3 | I felt disinclined actually to hand to him the piece of paper I was holding , and so put it down on the end of his bed . |
| 4 | After the third ‘ Carry On ’ , the cast had been offered a profit-sharing scheme — and had all turned it down on the advice of their agents , who thought they would be better off getting increased salaries . |
| 5 | I I th would prefer to look at the vacant dwellings as a single entity rather than necessarily splitting them down between the the the various types . |
| 6 | Birmingham Polytechnic offer all their facilities absolutely free of charge to us so get yourself down in the entertainment bar in Aston . |
| 7 | He had long marked her down as a less than sociable woman who appeared to nurse some secret grievance . |
| 8 | This time he did n't throw her down with a fury but gently laid her down among the downy pillows and started to strip off his shirt . |
| 9 | I can only put it down to the strong classical emphasis which prevails in the courses offered in the UK , although many of the university drama courses in the USA do stage Shakespeare and the European classical authors . |
| 10 | There was no sign of the son , an undersized , sly creature who had spent more time in prison than out of it ever since he had been old enough to get himself down to the city and into trouble . |
| 11 | So taken it down to the tills at the front , cos they move quicker |
| 12 | Suddenly , George placed a finger to his lips and , taking Elizabeth by the arm , gently pushed her down into the grass . |
| 13 | Skirting a tinker camp , Mrs M. eventually put me down beside the fast-flowing River Moy at Ballina . |
| 14 | Just put it down on the side there . |
| 15 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 16 | Just lob one down through the open top of the cab , will you ? ’ |
| 17 | you see his expenditure was er , he , he , he , just to put it down to a very minor thing , you 're spending four pound a week |
| 18 | Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got |
| 19 | We finally tracked it down to a small covered trailer behind a parked car . |
| 20 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
| 21 | And I 'd like to , aye , and I just write it down in a if it 's on a tape you can put that pause on and just take line by line , you know . |
| 22 | And the first was a twelve volt but then we came to a hundred and ten so I just strung it down along the two top wires of the fence and they were live and oh there were about six or nine hen houses attached to the fence with those wires for electricity . |
| 23 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 24 | The strange , wild feeling that usually drove her down to the sea was beginning to thump in her bosom . |
| 25 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |
| 26 | Well when they dug the garden , after they 'd dug it they always cromed it down with a crome before they planted anything . |
| 27 | " They claimed that they ought to be [ treated as ] free coloni by birth , and that Deodadus the monk [ responsible for running the Mitry estate ] wanted unjustly to bend them down into an inferior service by force , and to afflict them . " |
| 28 | Jenny Weston , 34 , claimed Colin Webb made a barrage of unrelenting sexual demands and once pinned her down on a hotel bed . |
| 29 | Gloria poured her a spoonful from each bottle every day and said that 's why she was tough as old boots , because she always swallowed it down like a good girl . |
| 30 | Boy stood outside the window and imagined the things he might see inside this magazine , should he ever take it down off the high shelf and open it , perhaps in the privacy of his room or perhaps right there on the street at five o'clock . |