Example sentences of "she [verb] down [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pressed down harder on the gas pedal , coaxing more speed from the car , trying to put more distance between herself and the maniac in the Audi , but whoever was driving the pursuing car had no intention of letting her get away . |
| 2 | We got all the details from Peggy , who happened to be there at the time , when she popped down later to the Met Office for a reviving cup of coffee and dash of medicinal brandy . |
| 3 | And then , the nightmare seemed to take further bizarre shape again , when she swallowed down hard on the choking hoarseness in her voice , and she forced herself to control that anger when she spoke again : ‘ It 's 1964 . |
| 4 | And then she looked down again at the neatly typed list in the book , open on the floor in front of her . |
| 5 | She looked down miserably at the table-top ; then looked up again as Morse elaborated : |
| 6 | He hit her , catching her so hard on the side of the head that she went down full-length on the sand . |
| 7 | She clamped down firmly on the thought , cross with herself . |
| 8 | Now she smiled down faintly at the jungle below the crystal windows of the suite as if remembering home — though that day the really deadly jungle was within the city , not without . |
| 9 | Then she sat down heavily on the sofa . |
| 10 | She was walking now with a stick and as she sat down heavily at the table she seemed depressed . |
| 11 | She sat down again at the table and worked on steadily . |
| 12 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 13 | She sat down quickly on the couch and hugged herself to keep from shaking . |
| 14 | A lump came to her throat and she sat down suddenly on the safest-looking chair she could find . |
| 15 | Bathsheba 's feelings were almost too much for her to control , and she sat down suddenly in the grass . |
| 16 | She sat down gingerly on the edge of a nearby armchair , took a mouthful of vodka and pulled herself together . |
| 17 | She sat down abruptly in the nearest chair . |
| 18 | With a sigh she slid down further into the blissfully warm bed , realising she was no longer in the least uneasy at the thought of Penry only feet away beyond the bedroom wall . |