Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] down [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 2 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 3 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 4 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 5 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 6 | I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face . |
| 7 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 8 | Someone clattered down a wooden staircase . |
| 9 | By means best not mentioned I tracked down a living link with Martha . |
| 10 | I think I settled down a few years back . |
| 11 | I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders . |
| 12 | Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long . |
| 13 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I went down the wrong route with the referrals and |
| 16 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 17 | She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together . |
| 18 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 19 | I took down a few reference numbers from a noticeboard headed ‘ Cleaning ’ and then waited for my turn . |
| 20 | Everybody is making the bodies real small , but I scaled down a teeny bit and what I took off that way , I added in thickness , so it 's fat , like a Les Paul , so you can get that big , beefy sound . |
| 21 | I jotted down a few extracts from The Boyfriends . |
| 22 | I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door . |
| 23 | Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep . |
| 24 | This time there was no mistake : I wrote down the genetic formula , and now I can " evolve " insects whenever I want . |
| 25 | There was a true feeling of achievement attached to our little ‘ I skied down a mountain' certificate , and a bit of weight had definitely dropped from the thighs on to the slopes . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , I nipped down a little alley . |
| 27 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 28 | We scrambled up the hillside on the left bank of an enormous river which thundered down a precipitous cascade of rapids into a foaming cauldron , raging with wind-whipped mist . |
| 29 | Their arguments were deliberately couched in language which played down the revolutionary implications of the legislation and was designed to convince doubters that no changes of any real significance were taking place . |
| 30 | short winter days , with stock outside and bad weather which slowed down the feeding process ; |