Example sentences of "[v-ing] down and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It depicts an outline map of Anglesey with airship SZ.234 superimposed , its trail rope hanging down and pointing to the location near Llangefni which is now part of RAF Mona . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | William Davis , Chairman of the British Tourist Authority , says overseas visitors are still coming but they 're trading down and looking for bargains . |
| 4 | Jess resisted , primly folding her hands , looking down and waiting in a resigned-servant manner for permission to go . |
| 5 | Secure in the knowledge that his mother would be fully occupied for the rest of the evening and the butler would be busy introducing the guests , Patrick pulled off his dressing down and slipped down the back stairs to the kitchen . |
| 6 | Make sure the bar goes OVER the needles , sponge side facing down and push from one end to the other . |
| 7 | Thank you very much and thank you for coming down and talking to us today . |
| 8 | Well , they were perching on the erm chimneys of that one and then they 've been coming they 're gon na be swooping round up not actually low but above it , about fly to the bathroom then spread up , turning a circle , coming down and going past my window and land |
| 9 | Maybe he 'd already started up the stairs when he heard the lady coming down and dodged round them to hide . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't remind me what floor it is , lady , ’ Broomhead said quickly , jumping down and reaching for his horse 's nosebag which was strapped beneath the seat . |
| 11 | For actually glancing down and looking at a clock |
| 12 | There are two ways to ensure this : one is to make sure that there is plenty of moisture-retentive organic bulk under each plant at planting time , and the second is a steady carrying down and mixing into the soil by worm action from a blanket cover on the soil surface , a cover that also drastically reduces evaporation . |
| 13 | A hand fastened like an iron clamp on my shoulder and I was flung off her , Ward bending down and shouting at her , ‘ Ye silly , stupid bitch ! ’ |
| 14 | I looked out of the window and it was the back garden of Dr Jane 's house , and when Mrs Pitt came up to serve me and I complained Dr Jane laughed , and it was really Dr Jane all the time and the whole place was horrible and dark and dirty and when I got outside to follow my friends the ones who were usually in the dream there were n't any people and we were in a sort of studio and the village and the inn it was so obvious now I felt a fool for going in and sitting down and expecting to be served was the crudest sort of cardboard stage set like a model for a child 's history lesson and the colours were horrible and it smelt of a sort of horrible glue and — — |
| 15 | Roy , 62 , said : ‘ We were fed up sitting down and waiting for people . |
| 16 | There is no alternative to sitting down and slogging through long lists of vocabulary . |
| 17 | Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He was far too used to people backing down and deferring to him . |