Example sentences of "i was [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 2 | I was taken down to the block [ punishment wing ] and they left me there for two days . |
| 3 | Well I tried and then I was let down by the group . |
| 4 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 5 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 6 | I felt like a portly 60 year old man with a beard , and that I was shuffling down to the shops in my espadrilles like he does , with his horrible , ratty little dog . ’ |
| 7 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
| 8 | I was shoved down on the bed , the soldier left and the slattern bustled in with a small manchet loaf and a goblet of wine . |