Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [verb] [pron] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had climbed in and settled himself down with a sigh of contentment at the way the softness and smoothness of the upholstered seats favoured his weary limbs . |
| 2 | ‘ Be thankful I 'm not a Gunner : I 'd 've brought my theodolite along and surveyed us down to the inch every five minutes . ’ |
| 3 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Blake ! ’ she said with enthusiasm , going over and plopping herself down on the bench beside him . |
| 5 | ‘ A gin and tonic , please , ’ she replied , and , when he brought it over and set it down before her on a low table , ‘ It 's very good of you to see me , ’ she thought she should mention . |
| 6 | Vologsky finished the bottle off and slammed it down upon the table . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll need some help to wrap it up and get it down to the car . |
| 8 | She jumped up and thrust him down on the seat , holding his shoulders . |
| 9 | Artemis reached up and took it down off the shelf . |
| 10 | Never mind the boring breakbeat rubbish going around , this is the real story , which trips you up and hoses you down in a shower of sparkling special effects . |
| 11 | What usually happens is one bloke ‘ digs ’ ( see box ) the ball up , the other guy ‘ volleys it ’ high in the air , then the first guy jumps up and smashes it down over the net . |
| 12 | I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry . |
| 13 | With a deep groan he reached up and pulled her down beside him . |
| 14 | Half a dozen guards hurtled through it , spread out and flung themselves down on one knee . |
| 15 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Take me out and shoot me down like a dog , old buddy , I was forgetting . |
| 17 | All that remains is to wrap the covering material round and glue it down to the boards . |