Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 2 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 3 | He was turned down by the " Goldsmith Libel Fund " , an eccentric exercise in philanthropy which bankrolls plaintiffs of conservative persuasion ( notably Tory MPs ) who bring libel actions against media organisations perceived as left-wing ( eg the BBC ) . |
| 4 | He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’ |
| 5 | He 'd probably never been to Brixton before — I could tell that from the way he was sinking down in the back of Armstrong the farther along Effra Road we got . |
| 6 | Look at Ben Hogan , a legend and a perfectionist who gave up the game when he was struck down by the dreaded ‘ yips ’ . |
| 7 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 8 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 9 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 10 | He was kneeling down by the wall holding out his hand to me . |
| 11 | He was calming down under the influence of Tweed 's self-controlled personality , his off-hand way of talking . |
| 12 | He was summoned down on the Saturday evening and his presence at least had the effect of giving its a vignette of Baldwin 's behaviour on the eve of what was likely to be the most testing week of his premiership . |
| 13 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 14 | The lift doors closed across his exclamation of relief and frustration and he was carried down to the ground floor . |
| 15 | He was put down in the spare bedroom with the blinds closed against the sun , and Jim sat with him telling him stories until he fell asleep . |
| 16 | This was important to the early Christians because they faced the charges that Jesus was not really dead when he was taken down from the cross and that , even if he was , the women could have gone to the wrong tomb on the Sunday morning . |
| 17 | He was found down by the river this morning and he 'd been dead since midnight or before . ’ |
| 18 | Robert Crehan claims he was held down as the body building star repeatedly kicked him . |
| 19 | Gallacher led the Newcastle protests which increased in their ferocity after he was pulled down in the box and denied the penalty that would level the score . |
| 20 | He was peering down from the leaning tower of Pisa like Galileo testing his theory of gravity . |
| 21 | She never fussed when he said that he was going down to the country and did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 22 | Aggie got the mousetraps , and the only thing they caught was her Harold 's big toe one night when he was hurrying down to the lavatory in the backyard . |