Example sentences of "down [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 2 | The bold spirits stood and made a show until the muskets cut them down or sent them fleeing . |
| 3 | Slither down or did you ? |
| 4 | If possible , try to relax , lie down or put your feet up , until the worst of the symptoms are over . |
| 5 | That event & 's separation in the same year blighted by retirement … but is now divorced & we 've all brushed ourselves down & picked ourselves up again ! ) ) |
| 6 | She pushed them down and left them on the floor . |
| 7 | She knelt down and rolled them up Bella 's legs and over her swollen knees . |
| 8 | Quiss bellowed ; he turned the attendant upside down and plonked its head into the bucket it had been carrying . |
| 9 | Then he put the telephone down and rejoined her in the shop , frowning solemnly . |
| 10 | ‘ Great , great , ’ replied Ben , still laughing as he jumped down and rejoined his comrade in the jeep . |
| 11 | He pulled the boot down and slammed it . |
| 12 | Shelley sipped her coffee , then put the mug down and swung her legs on to the cool tiled floor . |
| 13 | Her fingers stroked my balls and her lips slid on my penis and in a few minutes , free to call her what I wished , I pulled her down and mounted her . |
| 14 | The man stayed on the other side , bent down and locked his hands behind her . |
| 15 | our Brian and he went down and got him |
| 16 | He knelt down and got his fingers into a crack in the floorboards . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | His eyes were dead , as if the Post Office van had mowed him down and killed him . |
| 19 | I have some time to spare and would like to sit down and read my copy of the biography of Berlioz . |
| 20 | Yes , then you can come down and read your book , till daddy and Clare come back , god knows when they get back . |
| 21 | He sat down and beamed his good eye at the shine on his toecap . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The horse came to a stop before the porch , and the old servant got down and lugged her portmanteau out of the boot . |
| 24 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 25 | Gurder flung himself face down and buried his nose in it . |
| 26 | Once they had left , I locked myself in , went back to my desk , sat down and buried my head in my hands . |
| 27 | They 've cut it down and agreed I pay the arrears back at a pound a week . |
| 28 | Remembering what Gloria had said , Melissa took it down and sniffed it , hoping to detect some tell-tale trace of scent , but there was nothing . |
| 29 | The radio was on in the living-room , he entered and saw her lying on the floor , When he knelt down and touched her face it was warm , and she moved a little . |
| 30 | He bent down and touched her cheek with his . |