Example sentences of "down and [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 2 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 3 | The rambler roses in the garden beyond grew along chains which dipped up and down and swung in the wind between six foot high posts , and a row of strangely shaped lumps of yew , grown hugely out of proportion , ran from the north corner of the house . |
| 4 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 5 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 6 | More than any other comfort his delighted kisses in return soothed her and eventually she was able to put him down and go into the kitchen to speak to Teresa about the day 's duties . |
| 7 | Now , you 've all been down and looked at the state of the playground below . |
| 8 | Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled . |
| 9 | Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach . |
| 10 | This produced a laugh which unfortunately brought on such a fit of coughing that Wilson was obliged to put Pilade down and attend to the invalid as though she were still her maid . |
| 11 | They issued in , among many other reforms , the Education Act of 1918 , introduced by Lloyd George 's Minister of Education , H. A. L. Fisher ( who was knocked down and killed in the black-out in April 1940 ) . |
| 12 | With 92 other offences taken into consideration , including arson , blackmail , three sendings-off and a professional foul , Proby was sent down and dismissed by the club . |
| 13 | ‘ I sat down and said to the doctor ‘ So I have cancer ’ and he said ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 14 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 15 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 16 | These sections will be broken down and explained by the lecturer , and further understood in your reading . |
| 17 | The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone . |
| 18 | She placed the receiver down and reached to the table top , picking up the silenced gun and holding it gently in both hands . |
| 19 | There was no butter around so I jumped down and went to the living room . |
| 20 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 21 | A sudden sharp ring at the doorbell made Shelley 's decision for her , as they sprang apart , and she smoothed her uniform down and went to the reception desk to see who wanted her . |
| 22 | Resignedly he put his quill down and went to the bedroom . |
| 23 | When at last she put the receiver down and went into the kitchen she found that Edward had unpacked the shopping . |
| 24 | But still the urge to express her feelings tormented her and at last , in defiance of that dislike she had felt on their last meeting , she sat down and wrote to the person to whom she had once been most close , to Mrs Browning . |
| 25 | You bent down and wrote in the sand |
| 26 | The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds . |
| 27 | I will make the most of being injured , and go down and sit by the pool for a while and chat to Carlos . ’ |
| 28 | He laid the pistol down and crossed to the drinks cabinet , pouring glasses of whisky for himself and for Carol . |
| 29 | ‘ He 'd be irradiated if he 'd turned the bribe down and gone to the freight car . ’ |
| 30 | The carts had been washed down and polished for the day 's event . |