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

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1 He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered .
2 He knelt down in the constricted space .
3 ‘ But why should he come down in the dead of night ? ’
4 Then he sat down in the great oak chair by the fire and enjoyed his tea .
5 He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story .
6 In 1889 Schnadhorst 's own candidature in Newcastle under Lyme was approved but he stood down in the following year because of ill health .
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