Example sentences of "he [verb] down on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 2 | With his hands still covered in paint he lay down on the chilly sheets and waited for sleep to take his confusions away . |
| 3 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 4 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 5 | He looked down on the pretty garden and saw the two of them snoring there , their front claws tucked neatly under their chins which rested on silk cushions and their tails dipped tidily into the pond whose waters did not stir enough to move their dreams to wildness . |
| 6 | He looked down on the bent head , but there was no response from Millie . |
| 7 | He sat down on the far side of the room and I caught only a brief view of him through the dancers , but it was undoubtedly Ralph Pike still at large . |
| 8 | He sat down on the bare rock and shook his head . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed . |
| 10 | He sat down on the top step of the landing outside numbers 3 and 4 . |
| 11 | Tired of it all , he sat down on the thin , wet , short grass . |
| 12 | He sat down on the wooden chair and I sat on the bed . |