Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] down [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might want to poke my tongue out at those new cameras as I slow down to pass them , but deep down even I know that they 're there for my protection . |
| 2 | As I sit down to write I have a photograph propped up on the desk in front of me . |
| 3 | Ahead of me , to my right , the humps of Yorburgh and Drumaldrace shimmered in the heat as I dropped down following a kink where the road crosses a beck . |
| 4 | At the far end , once again my , detector gave a nice small signal , quite different from the copper halfpennies , and as I dug down to retrieve this I had some idea in mind that this might be a hammered . |
| 5 | Violent blasts of rain had accompanied these rages of wind , and the day just closed as I sat down to read had been the worst day of all . |
| 6 | The fire was warm as I sat down to contemplate whether to stay overnight with my relatives just outside Fort William , or start walking to Achnacarry some ten miles or so away . |
| 7 | As I sat down to write up my diary a brick arrived through my sitting room window . |
| 8 | It 's just we got no time , as you sit down to work they pin something on you . |
| 9 | ‘ Ross … ’ she gasped as he lowered her dress , his fingers tracing the pale blue veins in her full breasts , quivering as she glanced down to see his tanned hands moving slowly over her pale , alabaster skin . |
| 10 | One glance in the dressing-table mirror as she sat down showed she looked as fraught as she felt . |
| 11 | She was attacked as she played in a children 's playground as she bent down to stroke a dog tied to a post it attacked her . |
| 12 | Sophie felt a glow of satisfaction as she bent down to open her case . |
| 13 | ‘ Come here as soon as we slow down coming to Sudbury , eh ? |
| 14 | Now it 's all hands to the deck for the close friends as they knuckle down to bring back the sparkle that has been missing down at Hamilton Park for the past few seasons . |
| 15 | How do they feel , those Acas teams , as they sit down to sort out yet another union/management dispute ? |
| 16 | WALES chiefs Alan Davies and Robert Norster face a rare new headache tonight as they sit down to pick the first squad of an exciting new season . |
| 17 | ‘ And Noah said to his wife as they sat down to dine , ‘ I do n't care where the water goes as long as it does n't get into the wine ’ , ’ Haverford quoted gleefully . |
| 18 | Be ready to open the airbrakes fully as it touches down to stop any bouncing or a gust lifting the glider into the air again . |
| 19 | The cameraman is recording a ‘ cut on action ’ which is centred on the little girl 's hand as it reaches down to pat the goat . |
| 20 | As he looked down to put his pistol away in its holster I noticed that his face had changed . |
| 21 | Sixty-seven of them and you get sick at the sixty-eighth ’ , it is as if he is saying it to us over his shoulder as he bends down to examine another body . |
| 22 | He went back to tending his cows , and , looking at me as he bent down to pick up his bucket , he said , ‘ I am Monsieur Saulnier . |
| 23 | With another whoop of delight the child threw herself at Jake , flinging her arms around him as he bent down to scoop her up . |
| 24 | ‘ Dr Henry is extremely short-sighted and as he bent down to try to find them , he was punched a second time , which caused him to fall back and land on a bench , ’ Mr Thomas said . |
| 25 | Oh no , Jinny thought as he bent down to fiddle with the controls of the video recorder . |
| 26 | The Commando who had sent the bomb on its way was looking at his watch as he sat down to finish his meal . |
| 27 | As the door closed on both Ellen Jebeau and Mary , Martin turned to the table and as he sat down said , ‘ Damn nuisance . |
| 28 | She saw the tension leave his shoulders as he hunkered down to look . |