Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face .
2	Vigo did n't press him but poured a glass of Manzanilla for himself and sat down by the window .
3	He stopped a little way away from me and fell down on the grass and hid his face in his arms .
4	The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg .
5	After much genuine persuasion , Shelley thanked them and sat down at the table .
6	Fleury tripped over something and sat down on the floor while the sepoy worked his shoulders a little to loosen himself up for a swipe .
7	So left him and walked down to the river .
8	The two smaller animals padded towards him and lay down beside the fire with contented sighs , hardly giving him a glance .
9	He nodded encouragement to his fellows , and they shinned up after him and dropped down into the stockade .
10	They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead .
11	Nevertheless she thought it best to humour him and sat down on the side of the table away from him and put her clasped hands on its polished top .
12	Gathering himself , he dismissed her and went down to the waiting car .
13	She pulled backwards if I spoke to her and lay down in the grass at every opportunity , refusing to move .
14	He came back to her and crouched down beside the lounger and took her hand in his to stroke it .
15	She gulped down the Martini offered to her and sat down on the sofa by Penelope , who edged away into her corner , recognising in Robina Fairfax 's shapeless grey woollen dress and strings of painted wooden beads the kind of woman she sometimes met at her landlady 's ‘ evenings ’ .
16	We threw blankets around us and hurried down to the inner bailey , now filling with servants and retainers who splashed amongst the puddles carrying torches .

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