Example sentences of "down and [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quiss bellowed ; he turned the attendant upside down and plonked its head into the bucket it had been carrying . |
| 2 | ‘ Great , great , ’ replied Ben , still laughing as he jumped down and rejoined his comrade in the jeep . |
| 3 | Shelley sipped her coffee , then put the mug down and swung her legs on to the cool tiled floor . |
| 4 | The man stayed on the other side , bent down and locked his hands behind her . |
| 5 | He knelt down and got his fingers into a crack in the floorboards . |
| 6 | Now that bull weighed nearly a ton , but he leapt off the ground like a bird ; hit Merry in the back and knelt down and got his horn between Merry 's legs . |
| 7 | I have some time to spare and would like to sit down and read my copy of the biography of Berlioz . |
| 8 | Yes , then you can come down and read your book , till daddy and Clare come back , god knows when they get back . |
| 9 | He sat down and beamed his good eye at the shine on his toecap . |
| 10 | She was trying to open it with one hand , while the other held the bearskin to her breasts , when Guy reached down and retrieved her shift . |
| 11 | The horse came to a stop before the porch , and the old servant got down and lugged her portmanteau out of the boot . |
| 12 | Gurder flung himself face down and buried his nose in it . |
| 13 | Once they had left , I locked myself in , went back to my desk , sat down and buried my head in my hands . |
| 14 | He bent down and touched her cheek with his . |
| 15 | Andrew set his cup down and unravelled his long legs . |
| 16 | ‘ 'E 's a spry ole thing , but he 's as soft as butter , ent you , ole boy ? ’ and he knelt down and ruffled his fur . |
| 17 | Dr Arnold lauded the Reference team as much as he did his favourite orchestra , who sat down and played his works without any rehearsals or having read the music . |
| 18 | ‘ I was raised on a farm , ’ she said , and she took the duck from Angelica and efficiently flipped it upside down and twisted its neck . |
| 19 | Sheila put her glass down and tossed her head . |
| 20 | I put the gun down and passed my hand over my eyes . |
| 21 | When she read how the Lord looked down and saw his people were ‘ all together become filthy ’ she trembled . |
| 22 | When I went down and saw his studio I came out so elated . |
| 23 | When I went down and saw his studio I came out so elated . |
| 24 | He looked down and saw his colleague still lying in the mud , not daring to move . |
| 25 | I immediately sat down and wrote my one and only letter to NME , an angry broadside detailing what was wrong with the paper . |
| 26 | Then I sat down and wrote my family a letter . |
| 27 | But when he looked down and met his daughter 's eyes , the certainty there disturbed him . |
| 28 | Harry was a little diffident to begin with , but he soon settled down and made his first appearance for Palace at outside-right when he came into the side for season 1922–23 on 30 September at Leicester . |
| 29 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
| 30 | These young teenagers all millions of them all in this group that came down and took their bras and oh |