Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] down on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames . |
| 2 | When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it . |
| 3 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 4 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 5 | IF YOU were down on your luck in Devon in the early 18th Century , you could count on a hot meal at Bowden House , near Totnes . |
| 6 | Yeah even though she 's down on the bottom she 's bound to of come second |
| 7 | I 'm trying to work out why she 's mad all the time , why she 's she 's down on everything . |
| 8 | She was pleading , she was down on her knees . |
| 9 | She was down on her knees , finishing off the doorstep ; an apron made from some coarse sacking was protecting her plain black dress , her legs were clad in thick black wool stockings and her feet were shod in heavy , much mended shoes — second-hand into the bargain , as was most of her servant 's clothing . |
| 10 | Examples of this are when we are down on our luck , have no money , are sick , misunderstood , in a corner or just feeling old . |
| 11 | Meantime , of course , we 're down on boarders as a result . ’ |
| 12 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 13 | Ten minutes later we were down on the beach at Taroona , near Hobart ( and the mouth of the Derwent River ) launching the boat from the beach in traditional manner by reversing the trailer into the surf . |
| 14 | WHAT do post-Empire Maharajahs do when they are down on their luck after a lifetime of strutting around India showing off their public school educations ? |
| 15 | Erm investment banking and fine china in the market circumstances er performed well , erm although they 're down on the previous year . |
| 16 | They were down on the floor , and one side of her face was scorched by Gordon 's mother 's horrible gas-fire , in front of which there was a bowl of tepid water . |
| 17 | It 's down on your pages , it 's down on your agenda . |
| 18 | It 's down on your pages , it 's down on your agenda . |
| 19 | It is down on the 22.6 per cent the Liberal-SDP Alliance secured in the 1987 election . |
| 20 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 21 | Then he was down on the sidewalk , rolling into the shadows for cover and tugging his automatic from its shoulder holster at the same time . |
| 22 | He was down on one knee , the FN FAL semi-automatic rifle resting lightly on the railing . |
| 23 | He was down on the shore , a shadow edged with silver light , combing the tide line . |
| 24 | He was down on his haunches , looking comfortable and wearing a slight smile , the gun held loosely in his right hand . |
| 25 | And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man . |
| 26 | I told him that I was going to come forward er and handcuff him and then , then something along the lines of er not to move er and then once he was down on the floor , erm I holstered the weapon into my own holster . |
| 27 | He was down on his luck and not a happy hedgehog . |