Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] down on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 2 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 3 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
| 4 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
| 5 | Then suddenly closing his eyes and clenching his fist and bringing it down on the counter , he said , ‘ Whatever you want to do , for God 's sake ! |
| 6 | She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee . |
| 7 | Taczek hoisted his fist and smacked it down on the table with a hollow bang . |
| 8 | ‘ He got what he wanted and slammed it down on the counter . |
| 9 | Cranston stuck his red , bulbous nose into a tankard , took one slurp and slammed it down on the table . |
| 10 | Sir John drained his tankard and slammed it down on the table . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , Cranston agreed , drained the cup and slammed it down on the table . |
| 12 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 13 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 14 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 15 | She took hold of it and put it down on the floor . |
| 16 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 17 | From one of the voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of Scotch and put it down on the table . |
| 18 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 19 | But Bush waited , and then he took something out of his pocket and threw it down on the desk . |
| 20 | the man said , lifting the card machine from behind the counter and slamming it down on the top . |
| 21 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 22 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 23 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 24 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 25 | He emptied his cup and set it down on the table . |
| 26 | Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring . |
| 27 | Curval took out the slide — it seemed not as carefully as before — and set it down on the table beside him . |
| 28 | She jumped up and thrust him down on the seat , holding his shoulders . |
| 29 | He reached towards her with his strong hands and pressed them down on the fine-boned structure of her shoulders , massaging with rhythmic , kneading movements . |
| 30 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |