Example sentences of "[verb] down under [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought of the dream she had sometimes in which she was leaning over a bridge and watching herself drown , watching herself slip down under the clear water and not giving a damn . |
| 2 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 3 | Human life has achieved such a high density of population , however , and has such domination , that the structure of our environment is in danger of breaking down under the relentless punishment we are giving our habitat . |
| 4 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 5 | Others stoutly denied this matriarchal ascendency , insisting that , following its promiscuous episode , early society soon settled down under a patriarchal régime in which the opposite sex knew its place and kept it . |
| 6 | He lay down under the single sheet and closed his eyes . |
| 7 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 8 | Not much perhaps , but if you answer my questions I can arrange for a pardon to be sent down under the usual condition : that you abjure the realm . |
| 9 | Doris stopped us in the hall when we came in , loaded down under a small tree and a carrier-bag full of bits and pieces we 'd seen and liked , and , inevitably in our mood of reckless gaiety , bought . |