Example sentences of "down [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are obviously feeling down or doubting your abilities . |
| 2 | But as a result of other companies either closing down or reducing their workforce , employment in this area of industry has actually fallen . |
| 3 | If possible , try to relax , lie down or put your feet up , until the worst of the symptoms are over . |
| 4 | A ‘ smack in the mouth ’ will usually be sufficient , especially if the opponent then backs down or buttons his lip . |
| 5 | Lay them down and raise their legs |
| 6 | He had his time-proven tests for this : one was simply to walk over the land and to ‘ feel it through his boots ’ , ; then again he would take up a handful of soil , carefully crumbling it to test it ; or he would bend down and draw his fist backwards through the soil . |
| 7 | Quiss bellowed ; he turned the attendant upside down and plonked its head into the bucket it had been carrying . |
| 8 | ‘ Great , great , ’ replied Ben , still laughing as he jumped down and rejoined his comrade in the jeep . |
| 9 | Shelley sipped her coffee , then put the mug down and swung her legs on to the cool tiled floor . |
| 10 | The man stayed on the other side , bent down and locked his hands behind her . |
| 11 | He knelt down and got his fingers into a crack in the floorboards . |
| 12 | Now that bull weighed nearly a ton , but he leapt off the ground like a bird ; hit Merry in the back and knelt down and got his horn between Merry 's legs . |
| 13 | I have some time to spare and would like to sit down and read my copy of the biography of Berlioz . |
| 14 | Yes , then you can come down and read your book , till daddy and Clare come back , god knows when they get back . |
| 15 | While the Romans were dusting themselves down and rearranging their feathers and mini-skirts , the lurking Brits emerged from the woods and advanced in a rabble brandishing their rolling pins . |
| 16 | He sat down and beamed his good eye at the shine on his toecap . |
| 17 | See , he 's fallen down and broken his crown . |
| 18 | She was trying to open it with one hand , while the other held the bearskin to her breasts , when Guy reached down and retrieved her shift . |
| 19 | The horse came to a stop before the porch , and the old servant got down and lugged her portmanteau out of the boot . |
| 20 | Gurder flung himself face down and buried his nose in it . |
| 21 | Once they had left , I locked myself in , went back to my desk , sat down and buried my head in my hands . |
| 22 | He bent down and touched her cheek with his . |
| 23 | Andrew set his cup down and unravelled his long legs . |
| 24 | Put it down and put my belt and it 's er but er , load of fog coming down there . |
| 25 | And he came in and sat down and put his elbows on the edge of his tray and it all went whack over his blazer and it all slid down onto his trousers . |
| 26 | They diagnosed various tranquillizers to calm her down and recover her equilibrium . |
| 27 | Sit down and stop your noise ! |
| 28 | His work prospered ; at the end of the first year he won the Literary Medal , and a cash prize which enabled him to go down and visit his mother . |
| 29 | Dana could put on a good show ; no one would know she had broken down and confessed her need for Roman 's strength . |
| 30 | ‘ 'E 's a spry ole thing , but he 's as soft as butter , ent you , ole boy ? ’ and he knelt down and ruffled his fur . |