Example sentences of "down and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |
| 2 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 3 | And she sat down and proceeded to slowly tell Alyssia about herself . |
| 4 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 5 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 6 | The use of easily-obtained European woods helped to keep costs down and contributed to an individual and unique tone . |
| 7 | Both of us went down and rolled off the hard , wet pavement into the gutter , but it was me who cracked the back of his head en route and me who got a boot in the stomach which even my US Navy parka did little to cushion . |
| 8 | The cab came from a Massey-Ferguson 1200 and cost £600 , and a solid steel radiator surround from the same model was turned upside down and fitted to the new tractor . |
| 9 | She sat down and set to work on the files . |
| 10 | The rambler roses in the garden beyond grew along chains which dipped up and down and swung in the wind between six foot high posts , and a row of strangely shaped lumps of yew , grown hugely out of proportion , ran from the north corner of the house . |
| 11 | Firelight was now as gentle as a lamb , and would lie down and sleep beside him instead of pacing round her box all night . |
| 12 | Have carpenters ready to cut off their tusks ; then , at the spot where the tower is to be built , you must lie down and sleep for seven nights with your head pillowed on the sack of basil . |
| 13 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 14 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 15 | But there were some good memories , particularly of one Polish vessel after we had rescued their lifeboat , broken down and drifting in adverse weather in the outer reaches of the lock with the mate and several crewmen on board . |
| 16 | That took an hour , and made me so tired that I was able to lie down and go to sleep . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm going to lie down and go to sleep now . |
| 18 | I do n't think it helps him , it helps me calm down and go to sleep . |
| 19 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 20 | family and they put me onto valium , but having worked in psychiatric I knew the results of valium , so I I gradually broke them down and got off them but for six full months I could n't sleep |
| 21 | The doorbell rang loudly ; Claudia put her cup down and got to her feet . |
| 22 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 23 | The first of these concentrates on Taligent 's native implementation , now firmly based on a version of the Carnegie Mellon University Mach kernel , which IBM has slimmed down and turned into a true micro-kernel implementation . |
| 24 | The first of these concentrates on Taligent 's native implementation , now firmly based on a version of the Carnegie Mellon University Mach kernel , which IBM has slimmed down and turned into a true micro-kernel implementation . |
| 25 | The first of these concentrates on Taligent 's native implementation , now firmly based on a version of the Carnegie Mellon University Mach kernel , which IBM has slimmed down and turned into a true micro-kernel implementation . |
| 26 | The coffin had been fastened down and lay on trestles , honey-coloured in the slanting light , awaiting its removal . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't remind me what floor it is , lady , ’ Broomhead said quickly , jumping down and reaching for his horse 's nosebag which was strapped beneath the seat . |
| 28 | Then she said , I 've arranged now if you would like to go down and speak in er a meeting in Oxford . |
| 29 | The rules of a factory may be written down and serve as strict regulators of behaviour . |
| 30 | They build up one structure which breaks down and flows into another . |