Example sentences of "down and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The clothes lines were taken down and rolled up by the dustbins , together with the props .
2 Go upwards and stand on top of the wall ( above the window ) , go to the left of the wall and paint some ledges , then go onto the wall on the left , go left and shoot the switch , go up on the painted ledges and head right along the wall above you , go up on the trampoline and paint the button , go left along the passage , jump onto the trampoline , and from there onto the ledge on the left wall , jump to collect the painting , fall down and go up on the right of the window ( paint some ledges ) .
3 The words just wo n't come any more , so I 'm going to put my biro down and go off to the post .
4 She slowed down and looked up at the house now looming high above them .
5 After a long while the human put the paper down and reached over to the desk by its side .
6 Pamela put the phone down and strode out to the bus-stop .
7 She put the receiver down and went back into the cubicle .
8 She jumped down and ran out of the kitchen , shutting the door carefully behind her .
9 So , the model is now flying back towards you , into wind , and you have to bring it down , slow it down and get back into the hover position .
10 One of the men waved in his direction and he waved back , kept his head down and hurtled on down the track .
11 She sat down and leaned back against the rock looking out over the sweep of moorland .
12 And so usually at the end of the day you you reversed your procedure and went back to the stalls and took the lines down and cleared up for the butchers and what have you , and then you usually got some meat , or perhaps some vegetables , and various things .
13 The inguinal swelling ( or ‘ bubo ’ ) continues to enlarge and eventually forms abscesses which break down and discharge on to the shin .
14 Toby ran to the sobbing boy and took the flannel , and as he did so a naked razor blade fluttered down and tinkled on to the floor .
15 The arrangements have been made so as to enable spectators to be SET DOWN AND PICKED UP AT THE SAME POINT in a city unfamiliar to them .
16 Andrew put the leather helmet down and wandered over to the window .
17 You could find them face down and face up in the mangroves .
18 They walked briskly over to the two cars and Plumpton bent down and peered in through the windows of the Mini .
  Next page