Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
| 2 | Suddenly , George placed a finger to his lips and , taking Elizabeth by the arm , gently pushed her down into the grass . |
| 3 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 4 | The strange , wild feeling that usually drove her down to the sea was beginning to thump in her bosom . |
| 5 | At any rate , when I saw her approaching late at night from the last bus , I would feign sleep and lie rigid in bed , willing my eyes to stay shut , but the sagging weight of Val sitting on the edge of my bed and her heart-rending sighs usually wore me down in the end , and I had to open my eyes and listen . |
| 6 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
| 7 | Tavalouze marched forward and gracelessly threw himself down on the cushions . |
| 8 | Out of the kindness of their enormous hearts , the giants had lifted her out of her icy misery and carefully put her down in the warmer waters where she was to be found today . |
| 9 | She bought a pine table from a junk shop and slowly sandpapered it down in the garden , and then sealed it , something she 'd never done before , never even thought of doing before . |
| 10 | He even took him down to the cellars to see the lights and the point for a plug there . |
| 11 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 12 | Station Officer Alan Bridle , from Canning Place 's Green Watch , said : ‘ When we arrived I got up on to the roof and then lowered myself down into the centre . |
| 13 | There 's Black Gemmell Pearce bit long to Rozario good ball that , oh he almost chested it down into the path of Stone . |
| 14 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
| 15 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 16 | Bathsheba walked up and down , crying and whispering to herself , then threw herself down by the road , exhausted . |
| 17 | I threw some of the water from the bowl over my own face and drank the rest for I was thirsty , then followed him down to the Great Hall . |
| 18 | She spread them out , then settled herself down on the sleeping-bag beside the fire to comb her hair dry . |
| 19 | I told her this , and then wrote it down on the assessment sheet . |
| 20 | He offered her the only chair then set himself down on the edge of the bed , facing her . |
| 21 | Molly carried her a little way towards the house and then set her down on the pavement by the front door . |
| 22 | I never had you down as the afternoon tea type , Monica . |