Example sentences of "[vb past] it down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weight of the shot drew it down through the grating and out of his sight like a skittering lizard . |
| 2 | Yes , could you say that just a little louder , I 'm not sure that they caught it down in the lower basement . |
| 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 | She held the feeling in tight , she squashed it down under the heavy pasteboard covers of the recipe book . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown . |
| 7 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
| 8 | Although the formwork was quite heavy , we pegged it down at the four corners as a precaution . |
| 9 | She put it down to the dismal sound of the thaw . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had it down to the finest of details . |
| 13 | Seeing her husband , she set it down by the back door and came across to the stable . |