Example sentences of "[vb past] down as " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . |
| 2 | The whole frame gave and part of the wall crashed down as well . |
| 3 | Sparks and droplets of flaming oil rained down as Withel reached out with both gauntleted hands and grabbed Rincewind 's neck , forcing him down . |
| 4 | With the issue resolved , Roh stepped down as DLP president on Aug. 25 in order to allow Kim Young Sam to take over the leadership prior to the presidential elections . |
| 5 | Greg blenched before the tempest he had stupidly unleashed , but Viola quietened down as he murmured apologies . |
| 6 | I wondered how many of them glanced down as they processed in their finery into the castle for tea with the Queen . |
| 7 | He held out the second fact-sheet , and Cowley glanced down as Bodie said , ‘ A ‘ K ’ registration Mercedes SL . |
| 8 | At our local market I stocked up on walnuts , satsumas and last-minute presents of leather goods , then on Christmas Day the sun blazed down as we tucked into a roast chicken and raised glasses of cheap local champagne . |
| 9 | The sun blazed down as we followed narrow paths through the ling . |
| 10 | Evidently this belonged to the couple , for they settled down as though at home and made no objection when Hazel did the same . |
| 11 | Last night , Johanna 's father broke down as he revealed his daughter had mysteriously taken down her 50 Christmas cards from her bedroom wall only hours before disappearing . |
| 12 | She broke down as she surveyed the scene . |
| 13 | During questioning in court , which had to be shouted because of his deafness , Mr Lane broke down as he was asked to recall his memory of the robbery . |
| 14 | Newman slowed down as he approached 495 Greenway Gardens , Wandsworth . |
| 15 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 16 | It was Marie on her way home , her cycle slowed down as she took in the interesting spectacle , and Jenna looked up , startled , catching the gleam in the girl 's eyes . |
| 17 | It jolted up the lane , slowed down as it came out into the open area in front of the quarry gates , and stopped . |
| 18 | He strolled over to the window , lit his cigar , stared down as plain-clothes policemen hurried across the courtyard one storey below . |
| 19 | Shares and sterling went down as interest rates went up . |
| 20 | He often struck me as the kind of wide boy one found in England right after the war , people who made deals of the spivvier sort and did n't care who went down as long as they went up . |
| 21 | ‘ Some bands went down as we watched , ’ said Manchester trading standards officer Ian Simpson . |
| 22 | The dun cock went down as the blue followed through , landing full-flush and kneading the gaffs on the dun 's heart as if he were working a treadle . |
| 23 | He saw a car turning left , tried to move out of the way , put his foot on the brake and then the accelerator went down as well . |
| 24 | For a day and a night the feasting on the horse filled everyone in the enclave with a dreadful exultation , but gradually it died down as the garrison came to realize that one horse was hardly enough to stay their hunger for more than a few hours . |
| 25 | The rumbling of conversation gradually died down as DI Frank Gregson got to his feet . |
| 26 | She tossed her hair out of her eyes and looked down as Adrian approached . |
| 27 | Firelight generally ate a bit of her haynet and by the time he settled down to go to sleep she lay down as well . |
| 28 | The four priestesses led the man over to a freshly dug grave , where he lay down as the goat-faced figure produced a black cockerel . |
| 29 | They said one Pakistani soldier , five of his countrymen and three Americans were injured in the three-hour clash , the worst since the weekend killing of seven Nigerian troops trapped by a mob and then gunned down as they tried to flee . |
| 30 | DETECTIVES are hunting the killer of a friendly bus driver gunned down as he walked up the driveway to his North-East home . |