Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I went down the wrong route with the referrals and |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This time there was no mistake : I wrote down the genetic formula , and now I can " evolve " insects whenever I want . |
| 13 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 14 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 15 | She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly . |
| 16 | After the stale fug in the tiny cabin , she gulped down the clean sea air , the car window wide open . |
| 17 | She lifted down the big suitcase from the top of the wardrobe , and , placing it on the bed , began to fill it , folding the garments as carefully as Isabelle would have done . |
| 18 | She drove down the wide west London avenue . |
| 19 | Out of the window , as she hastened down the spiral staircase , Mildred saw the fires which were being lit in the ruins of the old castle where the celebrations were always held . |
| 20 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 21 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 22 | As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun . |
| 23 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |
| 24 | She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind . |
| 25 | Then her hands began to shake so she put down the half-eaten cake , very aware that his face was full of emotion , belying the quietness of his voice . |
| 26 | In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’ |
| 27 | Dry-mouthed , she smoothed down the shimmering folds of her robe with fingers that shook slightly . |
| 28 | As we glissaded down the final snows to the hut , the summit of Mt Blanc was burnished by the setting sun and the Flammes de Pierre were flickering , true to their name . |
| 29 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 30 | Sick of talk , we cycled down the green tunnel |