Example sentences of "down [prep] his [noun sg] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one all-encompassing look at her he simply sat down with his brandy and stared into the dying fire . |
| 2 | He yanked down with his hand and lifted his head , biting a chunk out of the glass , then turned the rim and bit again , splintering the glass almost to its stem . |
| 3 | But she leant up on her elbow and looked down into his face and knew the truth of it . |
| 4 | Pulling back the curtain , James Grierson looked down into his garden and groaned . |
| 5 | The chamber was empty so Corbett went straight to his room , threw himself down upon his cot and fell into a deep and dreamless sleep . |
| 6 | Li Yuan stepped down from his craft and sighed , looking about him . |
| 7 | Fritz jumped down from his horse and lifted me in his arms . |
| 8 | At this the stranger knight grew angry , and he leaned down from his horse and lifted Neva on to the saddle . |
| 9 | He climbed down from his mount and went across to her . |
| 10 | Then he got down from his chair and went to stand by Hepzibah . |
| 11 | He scrambled down from his chair and looked hopefully at Nick , and when he said , ‘ Do you mean you want us to come and help milk the cow ? ’ |
| 12 | With a sigh , and a glance of regret at the clear , bright day outside , he settled down in his chair and took up the first of the tomes . |
| 13 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 14 | She laid Thomas down in his cot and tucked him up . |
| 15 | He had it half out of its sheath when a hard knee came down on his forearm and smashed him to the flagstones again . |
| 16 | Twoflower sat down on his bunk and tried to think . |
| 17 | He slumped down on his bed and gave way to a brief and painful fit of crying . |
| 18 | Instead , he sat down on his suitcase and fell asleep . |
| 19 | After some time , she lay him down on his back and checked his body . |
| 20 | He sat her down on his knee and kissed her , waking all the wicked senses that she 'd been taught to suppress all her life . |
| 21 | He flopped down on his stomach and took the joint from Jordan 's hands . |
| 22 | When Nigel came back he lay down on his stomach and held out a big stick which the Mayor clutched and Otley and I pushed him from the back until we got him out none the worse for his adventure . |
| 23 | He pulled his cap down over his forehead and slipped quietly into the market . |
| 24 | Before she could say any more , he settled the helmet down over his head and fastened the strap . |
| 25 | He pulled the hat down over his eye and made a peculiar face . |
| 26 | Then , it is said , Aenarion lay down beside his steed and passed from that age of the world . |
| 27 | as if that kind of world were possible or real , he sat down at his desk and wrote cheques for the bills . |
| 28 | Scott sat down at his desk and turned his attention to the ledger he had before him . |
| 29 | Mr Brown gazed down at his plate and nodded . |
| 30 | So , straight away , Terry Nation sat down at his typewriter and began work on the first phase of any TV writing project , the story idea . |