Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped and stared down at the floor . |
| 2 | When she got to the large graph that shows the state of the church-roof appeal , she stopped and looked down at the waiting crowds as if she was a victorious politician looking down on her compliant voters . |
| 3 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 4 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 5 | The girls , looking one to the other , darting hate , hardly three foot tall , arose and walked down to the front of the class . |
| 6 | He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table . |
| 7 | She turned and looked down at the handbag , clutched tightly in her hand , and flung it far across the room . |
| 8 | Morthen made a sound like a wild animal , turned and ran down through the blackthorn . |
| 9 | I sighed and sat down on the stairs . |
| 10 | She sighed and sat down in the window seat . |
| 11 | Ari nodded and sat down on the cushions . |
| 12 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 13 | She swallowed and looked down at the duvet , twisting its striped design unhappily between her fingers . |
| 14 | I just slumped and sat down in the mud and dirt . |
| 15 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 16 | I went and sat down on the lounging chair . |
| 17 | But out he went and plopped down in the rough surrounding the green until , finally , a marshal suggested that he might be trespassing . |
| 18 | No cattle to worry about tonight he thought and settled down to the job in hand . |
| 19 | We were told not to do this , told not to come here , told to sledge and throw snowballs and make snowmen all we wanted , but not even to come near the loch and the river , in case we fell through the ice ; and yet Andy came here after we 'd sledged for a while on the slope near the farm , walked down here through the woods despite my protests , and then when we got here to the river bank I said well , as long as we only looked , but then Andy just whooped and jumped down onto the boulder-lumped white slope of shore and sprinted out across the pure flat snow towards the far bank . |
| 20 | Endill hesitated and looked down at the sea crashing against the rocks . |
| 21 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 22 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 23 | These simple precautions observed , Kirov relaxed and sat down on the edge of his small cot , smiling with relief . |
| 24 | She coughed and looked down at the floor . |
| 25 | Marshka shrugged and looked down at the report in front of him . |
| 26 | They grabbed the plank and shoved it out of the back of the cab until it tilted and swung down towards the floor . |
| 27 | Her tracksuit and flying jacket dragged on the ground as she slid and bumped down into the blackness . |
| 28 | She came to it and stood and looked down into the dragon 's mouth . |