Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he led them down into the bloody cloud again . |
| 2 | The weight of the shot drew it down through the grating and out of his sight like a skittering lizard . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We had returned our robes to Messrs Ede & Ravenscroft and followed her down to the huge marquee which had been erected opposite University House . |
| 7 | She held the feeling in tight , she squashed it down under the heavy pasteboard covers of the recipe book . |
| 8 | A tallish hummock loomed , and he pulled her down into the wet grass behind it . |
| 9 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The steward took them down beyond the Great Hall into a vast , stone-flagged kitchen . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I filled up cardboard boxes with its contents and took them down to the local charity shop . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown . |
| 20 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
| 21 | Michele caught her and , carrying her back into the living-room , put her down on the long couch . |
| 22 | She put it down to the dismal sound of the thaw . |
| 23 | After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench . |
| 24 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 25 | Seeing her husband , she set it down by the back door and came across to the stable . |