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Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	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 .
2	The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing .
3	Then he led them down into the bloody cloud again .
4	Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me .
5	The weight of the shot drew it down through the grating and out of his sight like a skittering lizard .
6	Yes , could you say that just a little louder , I 'm not sure that they caught it down in the lower basement .
7	Libby would not watch ; she hated the high-pitched squealing as the rabbits panicked , hearing a stick thump or a shot ring out , seeing the warm fur parting in the breeze as someone threw it down beside the other corpses .
8	He reached towards her with his strong hands and pressed them down on the fine-boned structure of her shoulders , massaging with rhythmic , kneading movements .
9	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 .
10	We had returned our robes to Messrs Ede & Ravenscroft and followed her down to the huge marquee which had been erected opposite University House .
11	She held the feeling in tight , she squashed it down under the heavy pasteboard covers of the recipe book .
12	A tallish hummock loomed , and he pulled her down into the wet grass behind it .
13	At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn .
14	Little Chef tracked her down in the pink dusk at the bottom of the garden , with her arms round an apple tree , sobbing her heart out .
15	A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church .
16	He put me on a stretcher , had me carried about half a mile across fields to an ambulance , which in turn took me down to the local advanced dressing station .
17	The steward took them down beyond the Great Hall into a vast , stone-flagged kitchen .
18	Their path took them down beyond the Technical College and the School of Art building , where Buddie and two of his sisters posed as living models for the students .
19	When they boarded the glittering red , gold and green floating restaurant , the maître d ’ took them down to the fresh fish display in the base .
20	I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop .
21	She was hit and caught fire while going in to attack at low level and her pilot Don MacIntyre brought her down on the frozen surface of nearby Lake Hocklingen .
22	They took it down to the burning gha where two rivers meet in a rolling pool of green and white , and where at night the restless spirits of the dead wall to the roar of the crashing waters .
23	She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown .
24	He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area .
25	Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution .
26	Michele caught her and , carrying her back into the living-room , put her down on the long couch .
27	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 .
28	She put it down to the dismal sound of the thaw .
29	Belinda put it down on the nearest table and sat there , shaking and desperately trying not to show how upset she was over Deana 's blunt accusation .
30	The champion jockey had been waving the whip in his left hand and when he put it down inside the last furlong , I must say that the clear impression from behind my glasses was that he thought the race was over .