Example sentences of "down [coord] [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes came up and she saw his jaw tense before the shutters came down and blanked off his thoughts . |
| 2 | She sent Jimmy off on an errand as soon as she got in , then sat down and wrote out her notice . |
| 3 | He sat back down and took up his fork again . |
| 4 | I sat down and took off my shoes and socks — I was wearing slacks and trainers — and then walked across the bay , luxuriating in the feel of the fine warm sand under my bare feet . |
| 5 | As she sat down and took out her notebook , she noticed the grey-haired woman , Gladys whatever-it-was , enter the hall and look around uncertainly . |
| 6 | Hari put her basket down and took out her paper patterns . |
| 7 | ‘ Sit down and eat up your lunch , Day , ’ said Jannie . |
| 8 | ‘ Was Mum all right ? ’ she asked , sitting down and taking off her shoes . |
| 9 | Maybe he was putting the receiver down and picking up his pen to write a quick note instead , handing it to his secretary to pop in the post , saying ‘ Mind you do n't forget that one , it 's rather urgent . ’ |
| 10 | Luce put the diary down and brushed away her tears . |
| 11 | One of the ways she visualized life was as a swirling , unpredictable tide of confusion which swept you along helpless , bumping against rocks , trying to snatch at branches , bits of wreckage , anything that might help to keep you afloat for , if you did n't watch out , the waters would suck you down and close over your head . |
| 12 | There followed several minutes of unusually energetic teeth-scrubbing , loo-flushing and hand-washing before she returned , lay down and switched off her bedside lamp , still without uttering a word . |
| 13 | Pausing only to change her dress and smooth her hair she went into the Casa Guidi , laboriously climbed the stairs and arriving in the drawing room in some distress through lack of breath , was hastily urged to sit down and put up her feet and take a dish of tea . |
| 14 | First we would sit down and plan out our day ; second , we 'd decide what we expected to get out of each day , in terms of knowledge and experience ; third , we 'd go to work , and , finally , we 'd meet back at the house in the late afternoon . |
| 15 | Moreover , when you have sat down and worked out your retirement income in detail , you may even be pleasantly surprised . |
| 16 | Mrs Hollidaye bent down and held out her hand . |
| 17 | And then he sat down and stripped off his shirt . |
| 18 | The photographers reluctantly put their glasses down and picked up their cameras as the PRO , his hands daintily plucking at the collar of the mink , prepared to unveil the famous figure When every camera was in place , he whisked the coat away . |
| 19 | Ma sat down and picked up her reading glasses , |
| 20 | Kathleen Lavender sat calmly down and picked up her napkin . |
| 21 | Kate sat down and picked up her drink again . |
| 22 | The sailors stopped digging when the trench was about one foot deep , then they sat down and lit up their cigarettes , gazing around the orchard , taking not the slightest notice of the mortar team just a few yards from them . |
| 23 | Dickinson ducked down and screwed up his face bracing himself against she shock , listening to the widening roar of the other engine . |