Example sentences of "down [prep] the [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 2 | Others , their duties finished , were settling down for the night on their pallets in front of the fires . |
| 3 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
| 4 | It considered that if the Community 's system of quotas in its present form allowed member states to introduce certain requirements whose compatibility with Community law could only be justified by the necessity to attain the objectives of that system , then such requirements could only be incorporated into the quota licences or other quota management measures which the United Kingdom must lay down for the management of its quotas under article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , and not be imposed as conditions for the registration of vessels . |
| 5 | Rodber packed down for the Midlands against his northern brethren in last season 's Divisional Championship . |
| 6 | Her entire role in life is to get pregnant by Fred , her lord and master ; to lie down between the legs of his wife Serena , who 's sterile and desperate ; to shut up and spread them . |
| 7 | I can see the black-backed notebooks , stuffed down between the sacks like something lost in a hayloft . |
| 8 | Well I 've got that written down as the beginning of what goes in but e , I do n't actually do those the departments do them . |
| 9 | And at the bottom of a deep open pit , up whose ramped sides labour belching trucks , he vividly describes how sea water percolated down through the space above our heads when it was occupied by still-hot lava and how , laden with dissolved sulphide minerals , this heated fluid gushed back to the surface , struck cold sea water and deposited its minerals . |
| 10 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 11 | He buried his face against her throat , his mouth tormenting her with its lazy progress down towards the swell of her breasts , and she arched up , silently begging for his caress . |
| 12 | She clung to the front of her costume , gritting her teeth as he widened the circle of massage , smoothing the cream over her shoulders and down towards the small of her back . |
| 13 | The gun hangs down below the hem of her skirt . |
| 14 | Caught by the breeze , the lower edge flipped back to reveal a tautly muscled belly covered with fine dark hair which arrowed down beneath the waistband of his close-fitting denim shorts . |
| 15 | The exact circumstances are forgotten , but I do remember serving as baby-sitter for the Menuhin infant while Papa Yehudi took his violin off to the concert , and I recall walking up and down with the child in my arms to keep it from crying . |
| 16 | ‘ Well I stand up next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well I stand up next to a mountain and I chop it down with the edge of my hand . ’ |
| 18 | To get plant out of the pot , turn it upside down with the stem between your fingers and give the pot a gentle knock . |
| 19 | When Nigel learned of their whereabouts , he began to hunt them down with the aid of his yeomen . |
| 20 | Whilst lying down with the baby beside you in line with your body . |
| 21 | She came down with the baby in her arms , took one look at Vincent , and burst into tears . |
| 22 | The AUT 's code is an implicit recognition of the right of university students to bed down with the partner of their choice . |
| 23 | A new scar ran from the line of his jaw down into the collar of his open tunic , and Jehan guessed that Artai had broken the law which forbade the ill-treatment of captives , and he frowned . |
| 24 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 25 | ‘ She 'll drag you down into the gutter with her , Dane — but if that 's all you want from life , then damn you . ’ |
| 26 | In answer she shrugged the thin silk robe from her shoulders , then drew his head down into the cushion of her breasts , curling her legs about him . |
| 27 | Taff enquired as I jumped down into the trench beside him . |
| 28 | Dyson peered down into the darkness after it , driving the car steadily out across the white line in the middle of the road . |
| 29 | Donna felt a twinge of sadness and stared down into the depths of her cup , picking up the spoon and stirring unnecessarily , watching the dark liquid drip from the plastic utensil . |
| 30 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |