Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] [pron] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was already inside and sitting himself down by the time I spoke . |
| 2 | 7 Measure the area exactly and scale it down for transfer to squared paper — a large scale would be 1.2 cm ( ½ in ) per 30 cm ( 12 in ) , but if you want to mark in all the plants in all the beds , it would have to be of the order of 5 cm/30 cm ( 2 in/12 in ) . |
| 3 | Fred closed the paper deliberately and put it down by his feet . |
| 4 | She went to sleep , she was so heavy that he thought he could barely carry her another step but he got her home and set her down in the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 5 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 6 | Get your hands away from there and get them down by your side . ’ |
| 7 | And at the same time the racing of her blood was only partly fear , and she could see that he knew it , that he had discovered this power and tuned it to performance pitch , that the insults were a kind of invitation , the display of force a plea turned upside down , and she also wanted , because she longed to please , to take off her clothes then and there and let him down from his prideful pose , and soothe him with her obedience to his rage . |
| 8 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 9 | It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time . |