Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pron] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He preferred to forget about those , or to pretend to himself that ‘ the real Marie ’ had not sent that bottle crashing into the wall by his head , or hunted him down in the darkness of the tunnels . |
| 2 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 3 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 4 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
| 5 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
| 6 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 7 | He bowed , kissed her hand , and led her down to the courtyard where their carriage waited . |
| 8 | She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee . |
| 9 | Stooping , he grabbed up the letters and stuffed them down behind the chair cushion just as the door opened and his sister walked in . |
| 10 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 11 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 12 | He apologized and helped her down at the end of the road . |
| 13 | ‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter . |
| 14 | Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table . |
| 15 | Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table . |
| 16 | Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table . |
| 17 | Vologsky finished the bottle off and slammed it down upon the table . |
| 18 | ‘ Be thankful I 'm not a Gunner : I 'd 've brought my theodolite along and surveyed us down to the inch every five minutes . ’ |
| 19 | First came the minstrels , yelling war songs , and when they had finished they tore off their mantles and threw them down before the Empress , saying now that they had fought for her such clothes were no longer worthy of them and would she give them new ones ? |
| 20 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 21 | But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk . |
| 22 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 23 | Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there . |
| 24 | She jumped up and thrust him down on the seat , holding his shoulders . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We had returned our robes to Messrs Ede & Ravenscroft and followed her down to the huge marquee which had been erected opposite University House . |
| 27 | I think he was watching the chateau for days and followed us down to the village . ’ |
| 28 | The Repo Men armed their holy water-pistols and angled them down at the devil-made-flesh . |
| 29 | Then we clad and ran off home then we went back mishchifing again we came to a boy and shoved he down in the grass and piched is sweet and then we ran off then I made a apple bom then I chudet it then we went home . |
| 30 | 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 . |