Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose you think that your father and I have scrimped and saved to give you children a good education so that you can waste your time and money at the pictures , ’ said Mrs Mallory , pressing down fiercely on a handkerchief . |
| 2 | Terribly fast , it was er , er , over his left shoulder going down there like a rate of knots and he 's now telling the other slips , putting his left hand showing where it might have gone . |
| 3 | Well I I I 'm waiting I I imagined that somebody would be rushing down here with a bottle for me . |
| 4 | During its 1947 eruption , the Icelandic volcano Hekla ejected ash at a rate estimated to be nearly 100,000 cubic metres per second during the first half hour , slowing down subsequently to a more modest 30,000 cubic metres per second . |
| 5 | ‘ Charging down here like a maniac , trying to hit — ’ |
| 6 | A major campaign was launched regarding the wearing of cycle helmets and there has been a great response , favourable response to this , cutting down enormously under a number of fatal accidents involving pedal cyclists . |
| 7 | Yeah , I 've got my band playing down there in a couple of weeks . |
| 8 | I mean he said down Southall Road they was always claiming down there for an armchair |
| 9 | Others may think it digestively more prudent to follow the example of Badger in The Wind in the Willows , sitting down quietly in a commodious armchair for a session with — or maybe under — the newspapers . |
| 10 | Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat . |
| 11 | Just sitting down together as a family to draft an agreement can encourage analysis and co-operation . |
| 12 | There is something quite atavistic about a group of people sitting down together to a good dinner . |
| 13 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , not to say cry off , ’ said Bill , settling down cosily with a grievance , like a feminist about to discourse on rape . |