Example sentences of "he [vb past] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | He broke down the locked door and escaped , just as the master and his men returned . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He put down the empty tea cup with surprising force . |
| 11 | Stealthily he slipped down the deserted staircase past the second and third floors without mishap . |
| 12 | Then he ran down the wooden stair , through the house , out to the lower lawn . |