Example sentences of "he [vb past] down on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 2 | To steady himself he sank down on the side of the bed . |
| 3 | It caught him full in the middle of his back , throwing him into the air before he crashed down on the cobbles . |
| 4 | With a meekness that made her feel mean , he knelt down on the floor and started to gather his cuttings together . |
| 5 | He knelt down on the sheet . |
| 6 | It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry . |
| 7 | Galliéni , who was senior to Joffre , had been offered the supreme command , a post he turned down on the grounds that all his experience had been as a colonial soldier and administrator . |
| 8 | He pressed down on the cradle , waited a moment then dialled again . |
| 9 | Then he settled down on the rug opposite her with his . |
| 10 | He broke down on the bed at home and sobbed uncontrollably . |
| 11 | He went down on the floor by her chair . |
| 12 | Then he went down on the floor at Christine 's feet . |
| 13 | Then he went down on the ground on his hands and knees , like a baby . |
| 14 | He shot him in the chest , he went down on the ground . |
| 15 | He went down on the Thursday to go through some business things with Marius , then came back on the Friday late afternoon — just after you came round about your play . |
| 16 | When he returned he fell down on the floor clutching his heart in an agonia of pain and trembling . |
| 17 | He fell down on the pavement and the crowd gathered round him . |
| 18 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
| 19 | He lay down on the bed . |
| 20 | He lay down on the bed . |
| 21 | He lay down on the sofa and did n't try to fake . |
| 22 | He was beheaded by local peasants as he lay down on the hill to sleep after a large meal of local sheep . |
| 23 | Hastily he bit down on the bar switch . |
| 24 | He leaned down on the table , a hollow-faced man , the concern for his family , the tension over his impending arrest , etching itself clearly around his eyes and mouth . |
| 25 | He sat down on the floor and , taking my hand in his , curled his fingers like bindweed around mine . |
| 26 | Charlie pressed her on to the pouffe near the fire and then he sat down on the floor beside her . |
| 27 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and drank the mineral water , very slowly . |
| 28 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and , taking her chin between finger and thumb , lifted her face to his and asked crisply , ‘ So what 's wrong ? ’ |
| 29 | Then he sat down on the sofa and looked around him . |
| 30 | With a look of satisfaction , he sat down on the sofa opposite her . |