Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] down on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
| 2 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 3 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't forgotten how the Dalesfolk talk , you see , Mam , ’ she teased , as she sat down on the bench next to her mother . |
| 5 | As she sat down on the couch , Ben sat opposite her on the settle , his big body and large head topping the back of it while his short legs hardly touched the floor . |
| 6 | Maria gave a dry little laugh as she clamped down on the obvious , defeatist answer . |
| 7 | All through my teens it had to be a very rainy Sunday indeed that did not find us perched on the Cow and Calf a crop of murderous rocks resembling neither cows , calves nor any other animal , ' or out at Bolton Abbey , negotiating the stepping-stones across the wide but shallow Wharfe ; or eating our sandwiches on Haworth Moor as we looked down on the Brontes ' parsonage and re-enacted the highlights from Wuthering Heights in our romantic young heads . |
| 8 | The man on the rod would be unable to reel in fast enough as they ran down on the Zodiac . |
| 9 | It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry . |
| 10 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 11 | He was beheaded by local peasants as he lay down on the hill to sleep after a large meal of local sheep . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed . |
| 13 | She perched herself uncomfortably on the only chair in the room as he sat down on the bed . |
| 14 | Dr Neil swallowed again as he sat down on the bed , not too near , not too far away . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes — yes , of course , ’ she murmured , taking a quick , nervous sip of coffee as he sat down on the bed beside her . |