Example sentences of "he [verb] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Biermann , who is visiting his mother at her home in Elton Road , wrote the books to rebuild his life after a stroke in 1989 left him paralysed down the right hand side of his body .
2 She stayed where she was , waiting to see him come down the senior run , and her first sight of his black-suited figure made the breath catch in her throat .
3 This causes him to fold down the top half of the newspaper , to see if I have set off , and to lose his place .
4 His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared .
5 She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity .
6 Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach .
7 A SCHOOLBOY was robbed of his mountain bike as he pedalled down the hard shoulder of a motorway to get help after his dad 's car broke down .
8 With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat .
9 made it down the right hand side , he 's wearing number eleven but he came down the right hand side on this occasion and er a deep cross , he pulled it back brilliantly and who 'd missed that earlier header was there and could n't really miss on this occasion , but it was a fine header by him .
10 He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees .
11 Oh well , she said , you see , it 's my work , she said I work in a , in an insurance office and she said I 'm in and out the courts all the time , you see so he knocked down the wrong person
12 He broke down the locked door and escaped , just as the master and his men returned .
13 He took down the lengthy list of produce prices , all in US dollars and cents , eradicated the zeros or ‘ nulls ’ which indicated a space in the message , and according to the day of the month set the lines of figures against prepared lines of letters .
14 He put down the empty tea cup with surprising force .
15 Stealthily he slipped down the deserted staircase past the second and third floors without mishap .
16 Then he ran down the wooden stair , through the house , out to the lower lawn .
17 Hits it so low , he knocks it off and he comes down the wrong way and lands on top of us .
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