Example sentences of "she was down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Louisa arrived in time to hear this and to see , a moment later , the tears start to Frere 's eyes , then she was down beside the unconscious woman , holding her head . |
| 2 | She was pleading , she was down on her knees . |
| 3 | She was down on her knees , finishing off the doorstep ; an apron made from some coarse sacking was protecting her plain black dress , her legs were clad in thick black wool stockings and her feet were shod in heavy , much mended shoes — second-hand into the bargain , as was most of her servant 's clothing . |
| 4 | She was down to its level now , her finger jabbing at the zip of his trousers . |
| 5 | He liked Mrs Robson , he had become very fond of her : she was down to earth , and she seemed to bring him out of himself , but she seemed to be harbouring serious ideas about Maggie and him . |
| 6 | She was down to 99 in two hours . |
| 7 | When she was down to about thirty centimetres high , she walked through the door , and then , at last , she was in the beautiful garden with its green trees and bright flowers . |
| 8 | After her fifth or sixth toke she was down to the end of the joint and a couple of the dried seeds exploded like miniature fireworks , making her jump and then starting her off giggling . |
| 9 | She was down at the scene of the picket . |
| 10 | ‘ She was down before me , breakfasted and lookin' as though she was just off to complete a big business deal in the money centre of BA or wherever . |
| 11 | She realized she was down from the morph-plus , and that her senses were sharper than they had ever been before . |
| 12 | Minutes later , she was down in the yard , unlocking the feed shed in the morning darkness . |
| 13 | But , when she was down in the country , I had a BSkyB dish installed in London and it took her 24 hours to find it . |
| 14 | She was down in the dirt , rolling away from the sharp-toed kicks . |