Example sentences of "down and [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 More than any other comfort his delighted kisses in return soothed her and eventually she was able to put him down and go into the kitchen to speak to Teresa about the day 's duties .
2 After a while , the bedroom door opened and they heard Mother and the visitor come down and go into the front room of the house .
3 If you go down and ask in a polite way , then you might get what you want .
4 This produced a laugh which unfortunately brought on such a fit of coughing that Wilson was obliged to put Pilade down and attend to the invalid as though she were still her maid .
5 The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds .
6 I will make the most of being injured , and go down and sit by the pool for a while and chat to Carlos . ’
7 But in the autumn they come down and settle in the grazing pastures where we take the sheep in summer .
8 because I breed racehorses , I also am a farmer so I wear two hats , but I 've actually seen foxes sit down we move the hounds move in , si sit down and scratch in the middle of a field , and then they think ah !
9 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
10 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
11 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
12 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
13 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
14 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
15 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
16 Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while .
17 Afterwards lie down and relax for a few moments .
18 Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments .
19 Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments .
20 Afterwards , lie down and relax for a few moments .
21 Most of my leaves drop down and fall in the borders
22 ‘ Sit down and listen to the radio for a bit while I go up and wash .
23 ring my friend if it makes you feel alright it 's ace if you just sit down and listen to the old Beatles is n't it ? feel alright I do n't care too much for money , money ca n't be me love ca n't be me love
24 Afterwards lie down and rest for a few moments .
25 I kneel down and drink from the renewing , strengthening , sacred spring .
26 Come down and snooze in a garden when I am a dragon , an ocean-lurking , sky-flying free dragon ; when the mother wind that keeps the world spinning caresses my scales as I fly across the moon and bring warnings and hopes to the fiery heart of the world ; when I can dance aloft at dawn , so that the rising sun turns my every scale to a pure diamond and the tides and rhythms of the oceans slow down in delight .
27 You must then perform a small conjuring trick — holding all the layers of the picture firmly together , turn the frame and picture upside down and place on the table , then fix on the hardboard back .
28 His release from time-out required that he quieten down and comply with the original request on his return .
29 And course he 'd frightened himself and er I counted up to about eight , nine and ten I said to him , Look when you go inside that bloody gate now I said go straight into the office sit down and think for a minute where the hell are we all going to in this carry on ?
30 Still image also allows you to slow the drama down and think about a situation from another 's point of view .
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