Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 2 | As the survivors are air-lifted to safety by helicopter , the badly wounded Elias is seen being pursued and shot down by the North Vietnamese , his outstretched arms at the moment of death consciously evoking the Crucifixion . |
| 3 | With the slaughter of the king , the English turned and ran , pursued and hunted down by the knights . |
| 4 | He stopped and stared down at the floor . |
| 5 | When she got to the large graph that shows the state of the church-roof appeal , she stopped and looked down at the waiting crowds as if she was a victorious politician looking down on her compliant voters . |
| 6 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 7 | Then , as Creggan abruptly turned and went down into the silence and gloom of his shelter , where no other eagle could see him and he could be alone with his thoughts , Kraal muttered after him , ‘ Golden eagle ! |
| 8 | There was a swift flow of air through the room , and whatever it was moved and sat down on the chair . |
| 9 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 10 | At another whistle the Friar stopped and sat down on the stump of a tree . |
| 11 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 12 | The men were ordered to strip and lay down on the grass . |
| 13 | The girls , looking one to the other , darting hate , hardly three foot tall , arose and walked down to the front of the class . |
| 14 | No decisions have yet been taken on which newspapers will be sold or closed down in the UK . |
| 15 | He frowned and stared down at the grain of the table . |
| 16 | She turned and looked down at the handbag , clutched tightly in her hand , and flung it far across the room . |
| 17 | Morthen made a sound like a wild animal , turned and ran down through the blackthorn . |
| 18 | Some 70 pharmaceutical grade trace elements and the basic compound are melted together to ensure a complete mix before being solidified and ground down into the basic salt . |
| 19 | I sighed and sat down on the stairs . |
| 20 | She sighed and sat down in the window seat . |
| 21 | Ari nodded and sat down on the cushions . |
| 22 | The part is initially designed in the work file , and when complete the geometric data is automatically extracted and filtered down to the spatial-file as the node , enclosing box and silhouettes . |
| 23 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 24 | Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method . |
| 25 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 26 | She swallowed and looked down at the duvet , twisting its striped design unhappily between her fingers . |
| 27 | I just slumped and sat down in the mud and dirt . |
| 28 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 29 | I went and sat down on the lounging chair . |
| 30 | But out he went and plopped down in the rough surrounding the green until , finally , a marshal suggested that he might be trespassing . |