Example sentences of "they [verb] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise . |
| 2 | And erm , after that they got down to the serious business ! |
| 3 | It was only when they got down to the particular that problems arose . |
| 4 | The horse pounded surefooted along the tunnels , leaping sudden slides of rubble and adroitly sidestepping huge stones as they thundered down from the straining roof . |
| 5 | As they approach London they let down through the shining white floor of cloud into a dull grey light . |
| 6 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 7 | Thousands of imported sheep had left their devastating mark and the latest ‘ crop ’ , the deer , finished off any saplings the sheep might have missed when they came down from the high tops in the winter . |
| 8 | At the time of weddings , a group of women and children came across the fields with baskets and scarves full of sweets and rice which they touched down under the holy tree to be blessed , before going back the same way they 'd come . |
| 9 | They walked down to the Old Rectory gates . |
| 10 | They drive down into a dry watercourse and are surrounded by hundreds of cattle returning from their grazing , driven by children and young warriors . |
| 11 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 12 | so anyway , she hires so he hires this prostitute and they , they go upstairs and he gets a bit hungry so sarnie and they get down to the serious business |
| 13 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 14 | They squatted down on a narrow ice ledge . |
| 15 | So do they go down as a new intake . |
| 16 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 17 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 18 | Its criti-cisms could easily be dubbed ‘ elitist ’ ( not in fact a vogue word at that time ) , but they boiled down to the traditional media dilemma about how far people know what they ‘ want ’ until they have been shown choices beyond their existing experience . |
| 19 | They looked down into the big disused quarry . |
| 20 | Why could n't they get down to the important stuff right away ? |
| 21 | Members of one free-swimming group lack a gut altogether and look very like the tiny free-swimming coral organisms before they settle down to a sedentary life . |
| 22 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 23 | They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . |
| 24 | So they sat down on a big , flat , comfortable stone in the grass . |
| 25 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |
| 26 | They sat down on the double one . |
| 27 | Pale and shaking , they sat down to a muted conversation about where the day 's campaign would be fought . |
| 28 | By the time they sat down to a light but elegant dinner , a warm rapport had grown between the two women . |
| 29 | Then they sat down in the great dining hall to drink . |
| 30 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |