Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Jean and I went down the toaster was put on . |
| 2 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 3 | They pop up and over it , and when they land on the other side and they slow down a bit . |
| 4 | And I play on the mountains and I slide down the slag heap . ’ |
| 5 | The one you 're walking out with , the one Gazzer and me saw down the prom . ’ |
| 6 | You know quite apart from the fact that you get a situation where somebody sets fire to the infrastructure and it closes down the whole of the East coast main line like it did two days ago . |
| 7 | It 's about some people they were in a car and they had an accident and they knocked down a boy , that was riding on his bike . |
| 8 | I 've seen the video tape of Tom and I coming down the 18th . |
| 9 | There was a lot of undergrowth to be cleared so Stephen and I went down the following Saturday ( 17/10/92 ) to cut down and burn the weeds . |
| 10 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 11 | Ranulf scooped his dice into his leather wallet and they went down the spiral wooden staircase and into the hall . |
| 12 | ‘ People are playing with fire if they contemplate the Government will just be defeated on Wednesday and everything settles down the following day . |
| 13 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |
| 14 | And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own . |
| 15 | In relation to the tap and glass metaphor we can think of these as being something like a plunger that fits over the glass and which forces down the level of stress . |
| 16 | And then , of course the er , they started running down Northgate hospital and they closed down the nurses home . |
| 17 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 18 | She stood in a large yard with a glass of white wine in her hand and it spilt down the front of her red dress when she jumped at the banging noise of a firework . |
| 19 | Eventually I called the police and they broke down the door . |
| 20 | then you er everyone sang Happy Birthday and somebody arrived down the aisle with a couple of balloons for her should have done that for me too , on my |
| 21 | I got up , washed , dressed , and Benjamin and I went down the great sweeping wooden staircase . |
| 22 | Benjamin and I slithered down the bank . |
| 23 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 24 | As Reid and I put down the cases we were carrying , Reid uncorked the bottle and offered me a shot of whisky . |
| 25 | FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . |