Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He picked up the bird and noticed it had a ring on its leg , so he wrote down the number and passed the information on to me . |
| 2 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 3 | If he knocks down the wicket with his own leg , he is out . |
| 4 | I tell ya , so I think we got out , we got our hair done and she wanted to go down to the mission so the hairdresser phoned a different taxi , we have this one up here , he took her down from there to the mission , cos he went down the back ways , you know , |
| 5 | When he came down the alley toward the club 's stage door he could see that there were three rough-looking teenagers who 'd clambered up the side of one of the big waste bins and were lifting stuff around inside . |
| 6 | When he drew down the top of the blanket Laura gave a cry , staggering where she stood . |
| 7 | I am employing the kind of argument that has been used to resist demands that God prove Himself by miraculous interventions of some form — demands that in Christian tradition Christ himself refused to satisfy when he turned down the Pharisees ' request for a ‘ sign ’ and asked that they have faith instead . |
| 8 | When he put down the papers at last he looked abstracted . |
| 9 | But when he put down the phone , he was wearing what Celia called his crisis face . |
| 10 | When he put down the phone , he said , " Really , sir , you make me feel that I 'm behaving like a suspect . " |
| 11 | He had , in a way , shown her the path , as Hansel did when he put down the pebbles which guided his sister and himself back home . |
| 12 | Following on this sixth behind Gold Options , he ran in the Troytown Chase at Navan but showed little as he finished down the field behind Roberts Rhapsody . |
| 13 | She thought he appeared nervous as he wound down the window . |
| 14 | As he went down the avenue her figure in its sky-blue dress was framed in the driving mirror , an indelible imprint . |
| 15 | She watched him through her fingers as he went down the garden and bent over the hole . |
| 16 | The Duke had cause for worry , yet as he strolled down the rue Royale he was forced to put a brave face on the desperate odds lest his enemies took courage from his despair.The Duke could also cling to one strong hope , namely that his scratch army would not fight Napoleon alone , but alongside Prince Blücher 's Prussians . |
| 17 | He tossed her shorts away , then sat up and looked at her with desire-darkened eyes as he tugged down the zip on his own shorts and flung them away . |
| 18 | ‘ Silly cow , ’ he breathed , as he ran down the bank into the yard , ‘ she 'll probably go cold on me while I 'm buggering about over here . ’ |
| 19 | As he leaped down the stair he was shouting for Farquhar Neas , and whisky to take a foul taste from his mouth . |
| 20 | listen to your language helper as he reads down the whole of list A |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , ’ Karl shook his head as he looked down the avenue . |
| 22 | The man stripping off his helmet as he strode down the room was tall and broad-shouldered , and moved with the leashed power of the hunter . |
| 23 | Beefy is a hero to the thousands that turn out to see him through rain and shine as he marches down the south coast . |
| 24 | As he peers down the gun barrel with his high , unorthodox stance , he visualises former glories . |
| 25 | As he peers down the gun barrel with his high , unorthodox stance , he visualises former glories . |
| 26 | What could be wrong with him , that his friend 's bowing should irritate him so , that Tommaso 's frank fond greeting of his mother should seem to him so casually proprietary , that his instant engagement in argument with his father , as he drank down the dash of grenadine cordial he was offered before they began eating , should strike such a false note ? |
| 27 | ‘ Thought I raised a wench with a bit o' sense , ’ sniffed the old man as he trundled down the garden path with his wheelbarrow full of tools . |
| 28 | The speaker was a tall , long-legged blonde , her wide-set brown eyes focused solely on Dane as he sped down the slope . |
| 29 | His voice was the merest whisper as he stared down the landing towards a particular door , his mind imagining the two people behind it ; two people he resented beyond words . |
| 30 | If the cuddly Lord Spencer , for whom the nation held its breath as he walked down the aisle of St Paul 's Cathedral to give away his daughter Diana , will be sorely missed , it is far from clear whether the departure of his widow from Althorp will be seen as a loss . |