Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pn reflx] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 2 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 3 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 4 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |
| 5 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 6 | She repressed a shudder as he took the bonnet and curled himself down onto the floor holding it daintily between his long fingers — which she had been careful to avoid touching . |
| 7 | Rather than wake him by pulling the clothes off him and having to face the likely consequences , Mrs Stych put her housecoat over her nightgown , got a spare blanket out of her old hope chest , and eased herself down beside the chrysalis which was her husband . |
| 8 | Having assured himself that he was all alone , he climbed from his bed , entered his dressing-gown and took himself down to the kitchen for the first breakfast of the day . |
| 9 | He was already inside and sitting himself down by the time I spoke . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Blake ! ’ she said with enthusiasm , going over and plopping herself down on the bench beside him . |