Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A subsidised dog neutering scheme is being extended in South Tyneside to cut down on the number of stray dogs . |
| 2 | The hero Theseus went down into the underworld to support his friend Pirithous in an attempt to carry off Proserpine , Queen of Hades . |
| 3 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 4 | One day Cassowary flopped down into the clearing in front of Bower-bird 's pretty little house . |
| 5 | At the point where the river Adige flows down from the north , bringing traffic from the north , from the Brenner pass and Bavaria and Austria , the city of Verona nestled in a pear-shaped bend in the river . |
| 6 | Slipping into the bed Sarah looked down on the white-blonde head and felt the familiar tightening in her guts . |
| 7 | I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course |
| 8 | As he strode off to his cabin Polly sank down on the settee , wondering how she was going to survive . |
| 9 | When you came upstairs to say father had collapsed , did n't you think it was very odd , the way Francis rushed down without a word ? ’ |
| 10 | Behind the screen Wycliffe looked down at the dead man : middle or late forties , probably above average height , bony , but with a tendency to corpulence sedentary : the disease of modern man . |
| 11 | ‘ Last month someone brought a red double-decker London bus down to the Algarve to promote British goods , and when I saw it I almost cried . ’ |