Example sentences of "he [vb -s] down [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He stocks his stores with fresh-faced young assistants to whom he hands down a rigid dress code like a strict father : no nail varnish , no high heels — no dark tights even . |
| 3 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 4 | In each he jots down an initial point — " 1 . |
| 5 | Hits it so low , he knocks it off and he comes down the wrong way and lands on top of us . |