Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | At the end of this road , walk a short way over the grassy hillside and look down on the turquoise waters of the bay ( Baia de Abra ) . |
| 32 | Gould remembers following the driver and lying down on the floor of the car face down , waiting for the ambush to pass . |
| 33 | The authorities also drafted regulations to circumscribe public activity in Tiananmen Square itself , which included the prohibition of any memorial activity and of " joking and playing , sitting and lying down on the ground " . |
| 34 | Then we wrapped ourselves in every bit of clothing we could find and lay down on the ground to get some sleep . |
| 35 | Magee leapt into the driver 's seat and pressed down on the accelerator , heading away from the scene of carnage , his own brow furrowed . |
| 36 | Father Pedro de Valderrama , the Trinidad 's padre , stood on the poop deck and called down on the crew of all three remaining vessels the blessing of Our Lady of Victory . |
| 37 | However , at the end of 1981 a new superintendent instituted changes which included moving a number of the area 's community police-officers to other duties and clamping down on the activities by local youths which had previously been tolerated . |
| 38 | I laughed at myself , felt better , and settled down on the window-seat in the sun to enjoy what was left of the afternoon . |
| 39 | Loretta thanked Tracey , and settled down on the sofa with a new book about Jane Austen . |
| 40 | Later , he donned the vast pyjamas , switched on the television for a bit of background and settled down on the bed with the half-bottle of Jim Beam and The Book of Ultimate Truths . |
| 41 | In fact obesity can be effectively reversed by eating more brad and cutting down on the amounts of butter , margarine and oil we eat , and taking some exercise . |
| 42 | In return , the Royal Navy gloried in the title of the Senior Service and looked down on the Army and the Royal Air Force . |
| 43 | Considering themselves to be superior , they cared little for the ordinary person and looked down on the sinners . |
| 44 | They stopped beside the resting horses and looked down on the vale of Grasmere , a prospect described by great poets as an unsuspected paradise , depicted by painters as a jewel set in nature , sought out by the fashionable , protected by the sensible , evoker of sublime epithets , a small , ovaloid dream lake ringed by mountains proportioned in a measure which touched the intelligence as much as the eye ; if any one place deserves the description , then Grasmere Vale could claim to be in the very eye of the Romantic storm , in its beauty , its seclusion , its inhabitants and its capacity to draw in and draw out some of the greatest artists of the era . |
| 45 | As the poets say — ’ he could not bring to mind a single line and so he stopped , and looked down on the lake as if in mourning , intuiting , correctly , that this would have the same effect as a couplet . |
| 46 | ( And in the alleyway behind The Gilded Cage , the three teenagers crouched high amidst the rubbish and looked down on the body of the middle-aged woman that they 'd just uncovered . |
| 47 | He stopped a little way away from me and fell down on the grass and hid his face in his arms . |
| 48 | By half distance in the nine lap race , the handicap had unravelled and although Albert Shaw ( Kings Moss ) and West Down veteran Eddie Crory held a 40 seconds advantage , the rest of the field was back together and baring down on the leaders . |
| 49 | One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep . |
| 50 | If you should faint , when you recover consciousness , do not attempt to do anything other than call your doctor or a neighbour and lay down on the bed . |
| 51 | The men were ordered to strip and lay down on the grass . |
| 52 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 53 | After that , there seemed to be nothing to do , so she went upstairs and lay down on the bed . |
| 54 | He closed the book and lay down on the bunk , staring up at the bulge Pete made . |
| 55 | Letting out a shriek , she races towards them and thumps down on the ground . |
| 56 | The Headless Horseman appears on the carriage and swoops down on the adventurers . |
| 57 | I suspect the answer lies in the demographic changes of the 1980s , which showed a substantial and unexpected in-migration to Scotland , on the same scale and pattern as the ‘ incomers ’ to Wales who were selling off expensive property in south east England and settling down on the proceeds . |
| 58 | I can remember doing Bartholomew Fair at the Royal Court Theatre with the NYT and seeing all the scenery and lighting down on the stage at the end of the last performance and thinking how exciting it was to belong to the world of make-believe . |
| 59 | On the way to Whitby and the first hostel , we turned off at Skinningrove , a steel-producing town that looked exactly like a slice of Newcastle 's backstreets scooped up and set down on the rugged coastline . |
| 60 | The sun was high in the sky and beating down on the mourners ' heads . |