Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face . |
| 2 | He stopped a little way away from me and fell down on the grass and hid his face in his arms . |
| 3 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 4 | Letting out a shriek , she races towards them and thumps down on the ground . |
| 5 | After much genuine persuasion , Shelley thanked them and sat down at the table . |
| 6 | The great Te Deum and Jubilate in D are generously supplemented with four major verse anthems-My Heart Is Inditing , O Sing Unto The Lord , They That Go Down To The Sea In Ships and Praise The Lord , O Jerusalem . |
| 7 | " They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters ; these men see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep … so when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble He delivereth them out of this distress . |
| 8 | So left him and walked down to the river . |
| 9 | The two smaller animals padded towards him and lay down beside the fire with contented sighs , hardly giving him a glance . |
| 10 | He nodded encouragement to his fellows , and they shinned up after him and dropped down into the stockade . |
| 11 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 12 | Nevertheless she thought it best to humour him and sat down on the side of the table away from him and put her clasped hands on its polished top . |
| 13 | Gathering himself , he dismissed her and went down to the waiting car . |
| 14 | She pulled backwards if I spoke to her and lay down in the grass at every opportunity , refusing to move . |
| 15 | He came back to her and crouched down beside the lounger and took her hand in his to stroke it . |
| 16 | She gulped down the Martini offered to her and sat down on the sofa by Penelope , who edged away into her corner , recognising in Robina Fairfax 's shapeless grey woollen dress and strings of painted wooden beads the kind of woman she sometimes met at her landlady 's ‘ evenings ’ . |
| 17 | There is a row of stout wooden rods supporting a handrail which runs along the edge of the gallery , allowing the adventurers to lean on it and look down into the Black Pit ( which they wo n't immediately be able to see , of course ) . |
| 18 | The circulation of air round a depression usually has ‘ fronts ’ or areas of rain associated with it , and when birds , which navigate by being able to see the night sky , meet with a barrier of rain and bad visibility then there is nothing for it but to drop down to the nearest land and wait until conditions improve . |
| 19 | There was quite a gang of us that went down to the station — four Walshes and me . |
| 20 | We threw blankets around us and hurried down to the inner bailey , now filling with servants and retainers who splashed amongst the puddles carrying torches . |