Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Susan comes in , and when she has put down the tray she is carrying , she turns the light on beside his chair and draws the curtains so that the room becomes a series of pools of light , isolating each of us . |
| 2 | She 'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily . |
| 3 | Leonora , expecting to be taken by storm after she 'd flung down the gauntlet , found Penry in no hurry at all . |
| 4 | It would be awful to get up next morning and find she had drifted down the canal . |
| 5 | She had set down the candle . |
| 6 | After she had put down the phone , Kelly sat deep in thought . |
| 7 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 8 | When she had put down the phone , Sandra leapt out of her seat . |
| 9 | It was n't perfect , she reflected after she had put down the telephone , but it was n't bad . |
| 10 | Before he could respond , she had put down the telephone . |