Example sentences of "[vb past] down and [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knelt down and rolled them up Bella 's legs and over her swollen knees . |
| 2 | Eliot 's presents were laid out on the table , and there was champagne and a birthday cake : when Rupert Hart-Davis lit the candles on the cake , Eliot knelt down and blew them out . |
| 3 | He knelt down and re-piled them . |
| 4 | But when she brought the children round , they would all wait outside a side door until he came down and joined them . |
| 5 | And the Old Bill came down and found them and nicked us , even after what they 'd said . |
| 6 | When the police from the house rushed down and saw them riding away , they say some of them wore military uniform . ’ |
| 7 | by Grave Hall went down and took them . |
| 8 | I went down and told them ! |
| 9 | Yes , I er , I went down and told them but they have n't pu they have n't put it back in . |
| 10 | Sometimes I lay down and let them dance on my hand , and from time to time children came to play games in my hair . |
| 11 | I sat down and watched them while the humans played up in the trees , swam in the pool and played games in the grass . |
| 12 | As she went into the kitchen it seemed to be alarmingly full of people and commotion , though when she sat down and worked them out it was only Clare , Bryony , Sue and the kids , and a strange man in a duffle coat . |