Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pictured the man stamping down through his pub , irate and duty-bound . |
| 2 | Gazing down at his wife as she glared up at him , tossing back her blonde hair in an imperious gesture , Ross was suddenly reminded of a proud , possessive lioness guarding her cubs . |
| 3 | Gazing down from his plinth in Lichfield , you could almost hear Dr Johnson muttering : ‘ Socialism , Sir , is a cow , which will yield such people no more milk — and so they are gone to milk the bull ’ . |
| 4 | He kept writing while holding a job as store 's manager at Ampleforth and still finds time to sit down at his word processor . |
| 5 | After a long pause , Roman turned away from her , and went to sit down behind his desk . |
| 6 | The offworlder Suragai got down off his animal to help her mount , and she thanked him prettily . |
| 7 | Roxborough finished his drink and got down from his stool , then collected Pascoe 's beer mug and prepared to dive into the crush at the bar . |
| 8 | ‘ Then one evening this down-to-earth painter from Harrow got down from his ladder to talk to someone at the end of the passage . |
| 9 | Then he got down from his chair and went to stand by Hepzibah . |
| 10 | John sits down with his trophy . |
| 11 | He sits down at his desk and opens his diary . |
| 12 | He is a most inspiring chap , obviously one of the Montgomery school , but toned down by his service with the Guards . ’ |
| 13 | She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head . |
| 14 | Always insisting on the purity of life , on the importance of family existence , he had gone far beyond the mild precepts laid down by his mentor . |
| 15 | He also sought to promote the local iron industry , and to continue the development of Whitehaven as a planned town along lines laid down by his father in the 1680s . |
| 16 | He watched , open-mouthed , as Donald beamed down at his Chicken Thallium . |
| 17 | A lock of dark hair had fallen down over his forehead and she was swept by a sudden yearning to put up her hand , feel the silken texture of it with her fingers . |
| 18 | I went and got the pressure-cooker to brain him with and was just about to bring it crashing down on his bonce when I heard Mike calling from the next room . |
| 19 | He goes down to his estate and does n't stay there a moment , we call in at Luxor and he does n't want to go ashore . |
| 20 | One day , when the lord was stepping down from his carriage , which he drove himself , he was shot dead outside his gate . |
| 21 | It 's something that Niki plays down in his book , but I know from others who were in touch with him at the time , that the mental effort and courage required were tremendous . |
| 22 | Clad in a heavy military-style trench coat , turned up at the collar , he had a waterproof hat rammed down over his forehead . |
| 23 | Mr Brown gazed down at his plate and nodded . |
| 24 | Retribution soon followed , possibly by rock fall and it is said that Simon 's bones still lie a'mouldering it , the depths — no-one , you see , had the courage to go down into his mine and search for him . |
| 25 | You know Franco has a little tap hanging down under his tummy ? |
| 26 | Carson saw him slow and stop , the gun hanging down by his side , a dark silhouette with a white featureless blob of a face . |
| 27 | Rivera departed and Schellenberg phoned down for his car , pulled on his overcoat and went out . |
| 28 | He strips down to his T-shirt and striped boxer shorts . |
| 29 | Robbie sank down on his bunk , feeling an absurd desire to burst into tears . |
| 30 | Bob lit the gas-fire and sank down on his bed without even taking his overcoat off . |