Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survivalist culture of the ghetto insists that , instead of leading ever fuller lives , we should strip ourselves down for action and retaliation : it 's a culture fascinated by war games , fitness , one-upmanship . |
| 2 | After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ? |
| 3 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 4 | He let himself down beside her and took her in his arms , and Leonora yielded to him without a qualm . |
| 5 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 6 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 7 | The foot is reduced to a protrusion that they use to pull themselves down into the sand . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 9 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 10 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
| 11 | When she had finished , he motioned Tam forward first because he was the oldest , and the twelve-year-old boy rushed eagerly across the room to fling himself down on the altar mat . " |
| 12 | He flung himself down on my bed , trying it out in different positions . |
| 13 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
| 14 | And he flung himself down on his bed , his hands over his ears . |
| 15 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 16 | The Doctor flung himself down beside them just as a final blast scattered small chips and stone fragments over them . |
| 17 | We race across Lliwedd on frost rimed ledges and hurl ourselves down towards Llydaw 's outlet , slipping on frozen streamlets , crashing down scree , pausing to drink the silence . |
| 18 | Defeat left Everton with a far from comfortable eight point cushion above the relegation zone and Kendall said : ‘ We defended well most of the time but let ourselves down in injury time . |
| 19 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 20 | I have to say first though , that this august body then let itself down with a bang before a ball had been bowled . |
| 21 | In order to communicate , it break itself down into small groups and appoints an in-house trusty to translate the speeches , allowed to be made in only a limited number of major languages ( tip — Portuguese is not one them ) . |
| 22 | Maybe they saw ‘ little water-trees , starwort and milfoil and crow foot ’ ; and ‘ green caterpillars which let themselves down from the boughs by silk ropes for no reason at all ’ ; and ‘ great spiders with crowns and crosses marked on their backs ’ . |
| 23 | They have little experience of the style of presentation in higher courts ‘ and it matters ’ and whilst a number of solicitors are extremely good others ‘ let themselves down in court ’ and in doing so let down the solicitors ' branch of the profession as a whole . |
| 24 | It 's something that everybody should be aware of all the time , and I do see a lot of guitarists who really let themselves down by just falling back and letting the obvious happen . |
| 25 | However , it is remarkable how many people , who are fastidious about personal hygiene and appearance , let themselves down by not bothering about their nails . |
| 26 | But erm careers officers particularly put themselves down for visits , |
| 27 | Certain snakes and lizards are highly efficient at wriggling themselves down into the sand or gravel in such a way that only the tops of their heads and their eyes remain exposed to view . |
| 28 | This ensures that , if you suddenly pull the throttle stick hard back and drop the model onto the ground very hard , the blades will still be lifting and not pushing themselves down towards the tailboom . |
| 29 | A huge amount of political and industrial restructuring will have to take place as the east European states shake themselves down into the national structures that most suit their individual aspirations . |
| 30 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |