Example sentences of "and [vb past] down [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hurried next door to get the spare one she always left with her neighbour , then let herself inside and sank down wearily on the bottom of the stairs . |
| 2 | He leapt up the steps , grabbed his valise and hastened down again to the truck . |
| 3 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on you bastard , ’ she shouted and pressed down hard on the gas . |
| 5 | When we reached the road we stopped and looked down again at the little house . |
| 6 | She rose to her feet , and looked down again at the rolling hillside covered with fruit and vegetables , with grazing goats , sheep and chickens . |
| 7 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
| 8 | Dunbar came picking his way between the debris and the fallen , and looked down calmly upon the son and successor of his old enemy . |
| 9 | Theodora wiped her hands on the damp grass and lay down again beneath the currant bushes . |
| 10 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
| 11 | This waistcoat had flap-pockets and reached down almost to the knees : it was fastened right up to the neck with horse-shoe buttons , leaving just enough space for the red-spotted muffler or wrapper to be seen underneath . |
| 12 | When he 'd finished , the attendant stuck the chamois leather in his belt with a flourish and leaned down again to the driver 's window . |
| 13 | I had a drink of water as my throat was hurting , picked up Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals and sat down thankfully in an easy chair . |
| 14 | ‘ I live here with my two daughters , ’ the man said and sat down carefully in an armchair beside the columns . |
| 15 | I stumbled back and sat down heavily on the plinth , then staggered upright and pulled my cords back up . |
| 16 | One policeman tripped over a litter-bin and sat down heavily in the gutter . |
| 17 | As he neared it , he suddenly stopped , staggered and sat down abruptly on a chair , leaning forward and holding his head in his hands . |