Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time he expected to touch down the aircraft suddenly ‘ pulled down to his left ’ , he felt the back of the aircraft buckle and was aware of debris coming through the canopy . |
| 2 | He got sold down the line . |
| 3 | When his father , frustrated after years as a POW , returned , he tried to lay down the law . |
| 4 | He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained , he craved to ask for more . |
| 5 | When Mr Tomlinson had changed the train indicator board on the EMU for its return journey , he turned to look down the platform . |
| 6 | He shouted her name , but she only let him in after he threatened to kick down the door . |
| 7 | Ho 's voice was as sharp as Tina 's as , with sudden determination , he began to slither down the cold , wet , acrid-smelling earth . |
| 8 | When he had rolled a bundle together he began to take down the tent , grabbing at the guy ropes . |
| 9 | He had to go down the mines and he stuck it out . |
| 10 | Phil , who graduated in Physics in 1987 , invited fellow students and staff to take part in the sponsored abseil and received such a positive response that he had to take down the posters advertising the idea after 48 people volunteered . |
| 11 | Because his wife did not want to move house he had turned down the job of guarding Ted Heath in the Close at Salisbury ; he had been given Margaret instead . |
| 12 | l here were about a dozen customers , mostly middle-aged men sitting alone reading Evening Standards who only troubled the barman to the extent that occasionally he had to turn down the corner of a page of his Stephen King paperback . |
| 13 | " Just want to see the set-up my little girlie 's embarked on , " he had said down the telephone . |
| 14 | He made several internal calls then announced , somewhat relieved , that he had tracked down the porter who had overseen the off-loading of the freight train the previous day . |
| 15 | He had set down the bag of washing on the floor between his feet , for she had n't been able to manage the washing since last year 's fall . |
| 16 | The day had been rainy and wet so Barrymore saw the prints left by Sir Charles ' shoes as he had walked down the Alley . |
| 17 | Aged only twenty-four he had held down the post of KGB officer attached to the 502nd Guards Armoured Division stationed at Magdeburg in the German Democratic Republic . |
| 18 | Some had children that are at an age where there might be a tendency towards vandalism , one of whom had been speedily dealt with by her when he attempted to slide down the oak bannister , kicking her as he went down . |
| 19 | Raising up the wooden clouds to hide himself from the public gaze , he hurried trembling down the ladder and hid in the dark cart , under his quilt . |