Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He taxied in and show down the engine , where upon hit promptly seized-up solid , never to run again . |
| 2 | The other thing is my contribution to the new album is limited , Jake had most of the songs finished before I arrived and all I did was go in and lay down the bass tracks . |
| 3 | Some children broke in and trampled down the surviving patch of ramsons . |
| 4 | Impetus and the driving weight told , and the wedge , only a little misshapen now , crashed through and bore down the few extra yards upon the waiting English . |
| 5 | His head had been propped against a rock which had attracted the lightning of a sudden thunderstorm : the bolt had hit the rock straight on and rolled down the rock — so they all swore — to stab him fatally in the neck . |
| 6 | I knew exactly where to stop it so that I could get off and go down the ladder , sneak a cup of tea or something . |
| 7 | Where the beds are vertical , horizontal or dipping inland , joint blocks can not readily break off and slip down the bedding planes : the result is a tendency for the cliffs to be more nearly vertical . |
| 8 | Well , we did n't have much luck out in the open because the rabbits saw or heard or smelt us coming a mile off and bolted down the nearest hole , even though we were mute and trying to stay down wind ( the wind kept switching direction in little gusts ) . |
| 9 | It just falls all over , all round me like a firework going off and floating down the sky . |
| 10 | Their Game Genie gadget allows players to change the rules , speed up or slow down the action . |
| 11 | Without a moment 's delay Aunt Tossie got up and sailed down the long room , the ends of her boa floating out behind her , careless majesty in her gait . |
| 12 | Mad Eric has personalised his scum top by wearing the collar standing up and ironing down the front corners to make it look like a cravat — he now looks like Victorian Dad out of Viz. Berk . |
| 13 | Forsooth , my lord , quoth 1 , your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters , now , I hear say , be become so great devourers and so wild , that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves . |
| 14 | I 'd sat on my palliasse writing notes , watching Selma plait her hair , trying to decide when to get up and walk down the inlet far enough to be out of sight in order to go to the loo . |
| 15 | He got up and ran down the rock . |
| 16 | It was too hot on the roof so she got up and slithered down the ivy into the dark , damp place at the side of the boathouse and went indoors . |
| 17 | An elderly Indian woman in a sari is closing up and bringing down the grated gate . |
| 18 | Agnes did not make the mistake now of asking her customer how much he intended to spend on the acid drops ; she reached up and took down the jar and , tilting it , tipped some acid drops into the scale ; then , putting the glass lid back onto the jar , she returned the whole to the shelf before once again blowing into a small paper bag and depositing the sweets inside . |
| 19 | Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare . |
| 20 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 21 | The organizer tells a story and , when a couple 's word is mentioned , they jump up and run down the outside of the teams , back to the other end jumping over the legs and then back to their seats . |
| 22 | agreed to take to set up and take down the stall and be there for most of the day . |
| 23 | Because I enjoy bathing , washing up and hosing down the car , the concept appealed to me . |
| 24 | She had died instantaneously , or pretty nearly so , without first getting up and crawling down the embankment , or for that matter getting up and riding a bicycle . |
| 25 | He stretched stiffly , climbed out and clambered down the steel ladder to the hangar floor . |
| 26 | It was instinct — the natural reaction of a predatory male — that made Ibn Fayoud smile back and press down the automatic window beside him . |
| 27 | He broke eye-contact , lifting his glass to his mouth , throwing his head back and tossing down the contents of the glass with one smooth action . |
| 28 | so you had to go right round and come down the mud down |