Example sentences of "down [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He allowed his achievements to be played down or appropriated by George . |
| 2 | The coffin had been fastened down and lay on trestles , honey-coloured in the slanting light , awaiting its removal . |
| 3 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 4 | He put the magazine down and stared into space over my head , smiling wisely as I cleared my throat and flapped the hem of my dressing-gown as unobtrusively as I could . |
| 5 | Suddenly Brown Owl bent down and looked at Jane 's foot . |
| 6 | She put the goose down and looked at Nick . |
| 7 | She slipped the key into the lock and was about to turn it when she looked down and realised with surprise that the door was open . |
| 8 | Two days later a horse-and-cart pulled up in Page Street and an elderly man with a shock of ginger hair sticking out from both sides of his battered trilby stepped down and knocked at Aggie 's front door . |
| 9 | It got quite windy in the morning but he got his head down and played to par , not speaking hardly a word , even to me . |
| 10 | The pair then lay down and went to sleep ! |
| 11 | I was so exhausted that I lay down and went to sleep . |
| 12 | I drank from the river and then lay down and went to sleep . |
| 13 | Then nothing else seemed about to happen , and she eventually calmed down and went to sleep . |
| 14 | I caught a bit of it on and we sat down and went to sleep . |
| 15 | What hitherto had been integrated plants in countries like the UK , carrying out complete manufacturing processes , are closed down and rationalized in order to manufacture products more cheaply from parts manufactured by workers divided between a number of countries . |
| 16 | Jess set the tankard down and began to unbutton his shirt . |
| 17 | I was beginning to think that the staring match would never stop when he suddenly sat down and began to finger some papers on the top of his desk . |
| 18 | It jumped the fence lower down and disappeared from sight . |
| 19 | Eventually we slowed down and stopped on Troutsdale Ward , a homely wing with about a dozen dear old ladies variously ambling around , or dozing in armchairs . |
| 20 | After listening to it on his headphones for a few minutes , Syrian George stopped the tape , looked Mikalis up and down and turned to Coleman . |
| 21 | A few minutes later he banged the receiver down and turned to Claudia , a heavy scowl on his face . |
| 22 | She looked at them for a moment with pleasure and then set the bucket down and turned to Murphy . |
| 23 | The plane come down and bursted into flames . |
| 24 | My husband 's always coming home and saying ‘ Oh I sat down and talked to so-and-so today ’ or ‘ we had a laugh today with so-and-so … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got a dead white face , staring black eyes , stringy hair and I need a shave , ’ she announced in a rush , put the phone down and collapsed into gales of laughter . |
| 26 | The next time out with me he broke down and cried for Constance . |
| 27 | Henry is , or whether Mrs G. has presented you with a little Tasmanian , or likely to do so , a point upon which her mother is so exceedingly anxious that on finding it was not mentioned she sat down and cried with vexation . ’ |
| 28 | Coal dust should be collected up into strong brown bags , dampened down and used as coal . |
| 29 | Even though Stevens still needed Dean for a couple more shots , the young punk put his foot down and tore along Highway 66 at 85 miles an hour , heading for a sports car race at Salinas . |
| 30 | We sat down and spoke about things that had happened . |