Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the floor " in BNC.
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1 | You 're down for the floor . |
2 | The congealing blood from the severed arteries of the snow-soaked head drenching the carpet and seeping down between the floor boards . |
3 | He found her where she clung to a rope that was curled up in a corner of the iron ship and picked her up and carried her through a secret tunnel down through the floor of the ship , down through the underwater creatures , deep into the earth beneath the swirling sea . |
4 | I pulled out of the eight , stamped the accelerator down through the floor and drove for a gate . |
5 | There were wires running down towards the floor . |
6 | They grabbed the plank and shoved it out of the back of the cab until it tilted and swung down towards the floor . |
7 | If they 're thigh-high the stockmarket , too , will be up ; long , and share prices will also be down near the floor . |
8 | Hilary Frome , stretched face down along the floor , was writhing and retching at the top of the stairs . |
9 | If you find that one side of the body is pushing down into the floor , then think of that side of the body releasing away from the floor . |
10 | She repressed a shudder as he took the bonnet and curled himself down onto the floor holding it daintily between his long fingers — which she had been careful to avoid touching . |
11 | At the top I found myself in a wide gallery looking down onto the floor below . |
12 | ‘ Eddy , ’ he said sharply , leaning forwards and bringing the front legs of his chair down onto the floor with a crash , so that Bob looked up startled . |
13 | The murdered man 's head fell forwards , and the blood ran slowly across the table , and down onto the floor . |
14 | Be careful not to push the unit in too far or it will crash down onto the floor of the casing . |
15 | He did , but exactly what was said I I ca n't recall I I was just concerned at that time to er to get the man safely down onto the floor and secure him . |
16 | He squeezed with all his strength , pushing her down onto the floor , while a raucous parody of the nocturne played fortissimo in his head . |
17 | So this is , what got me a bit suspicious right , well I speaking to her and all and I said , well you know , this is it and , you know she said she knows George is , is meant to be coming up and I said look and I says and I 'm gon na go down onto the floor here , and just as I was to go onto the floor there was a phone call right , and it was Alice . |
18 | See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor |
19 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
20 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
21 | She sat down on the floor and took great heaving breaths as though she had come up a hill with a burden beyond her strength . |
22 | Lie face down on the floor with your feet together and your hands shoulder width apart . |
23 | Lie face down on the floor with your hands touching in the small of the back and your legs straight out and together . |
24 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
25 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
26 | Brutality , as Hill describes and felt it , was a bitter part of his prison life ; you just learnt to get down on the floor as fast as you could and cover up as best you could . |
27 | Philip , his legs tired with standing and his head throbbing , slid down on the floor . |
28 | With a meekness that made her feel mean , he knelt down on the floor and started to gather his cuttings together . |
29 | It was not uncomfortable down on the floor , just lonely . |
30 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |