Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
| 2 | To save my knees a bit I slid down onto my left hip , leaning my head and my left side against the tree . |
| 3 | With the trunk 's support I slid down to kneeling , leaning head and left shoulder against the bark . |
| 4 | Of course I came down to earth on my next round . |
| 5 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 6 | One afternoon I lay down and looked through a large attic skylight . |
| 7 | One hot afternoon I came down from my bedroom , after a brief but taxing siesta , to see the Agent pull up in his outlandish Packard . |
| 8 | No I missed it , there was no beasts in the field I came down . |
| 9 | So on the back of the May calendar card I wrote down his name and telephone number and put N E C in brackets . |
| 10 | The dog refused to budge , so , instructing the two older girls to hold tight to the younger , I heaved up the 196lb of stubborn fur and staggered to the railing I went down to extricate my struggling son and carried him upwards followed by shrieking pleas of , ‘ Daddy , do n't leave us ’ and ‘ I want a carry ’ , from the frantic tadpole in charge of two red-faced little girls who were now starting to show signs of stain and filling tear-ducts . |
| 11 | And when again Millie stood close by her side she looked down on her and said , ‘ Never try to be funny at other people 's expense . |
| 12 | After tea we walked down through the remains of the garden . |
| 13 | The Wisharts had to catch the 10.30am train from King 's Cross and to their amazement they found few people in the usual queue ; they had bought newspapers and magazines to read on the journey and when they found an empty compartment they settled down . |
| 14 | There were dozens , but in essence they boiled down to only one . |
| 15 | As Superintending Constable Giles Aplin mounted his horse he looked down at Tom and Seb . |
| 16 | But you know on his log book , last person that had the car he went down to see them , and they told him that it were thirty thousand over from when they sold it . |
| 17 | From the outside terrace he looked down on to his own tiled patio , no more than about twelve feet beneath . |
| 18 | Chapman 's absolute authority over the team and his concern for their performance on the field was highlighted by the firm rule he laid down for match days . |
| 19 | After switching on the light he sat down behind his solid oak desk … made , on his orders , from Bittsevsky oak … , opened his leather-bound diary and scanned the day 's agenda . |
| 20 | He was unusually distrait as he buttered a slice of toast and cut into one of the rashers on his plate , then after a minute 's thoughtful chewing he brought down his hand on the table with a suddenness that made me jump . |
| 21 | I could describe the run I took down our drive later that night , key in hand ; the nature of my flight upstairs , twelve skips at a time and the sight of my mother's-help , helping this particular mother to find her pretty Victorian loo with a tight black sheath dress covering her head — but I wo n't . |
| 22 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 23 | This was the plan I laid down , and the first time I had occasion to try it in practice was the Summer before the last [ 1774 ] & I then did it in the case of a Lady and in the hottest weather : the next Body I tried these experiments upon was Jan y . |
| 24 | My combat jacket , knife , bags , catapult and other equipment I took down to the kitchen with me . |
| 25 | ‘ Joe , that 's him , that 's the bloke you knocked down ! ’ |
| 26 | With a sigh she slid down further into the blissfully warm bed , realising she was no longer in the least uneasy at the thought of Penry only feet away beyond the bedroom wall . |
| 27 | Rose listened , open-mouthed , and at the end of this recital she jumped down from the wicker basket and hugged Ruth all over again . |
| 28 | The service started with our opening carol , ‘ Away in a Manger ’ and continued with all the normal Christmas readings ; after the gospel we sat down for the nativity play , which was performed by a section from the armoured car squadron . |
| 29 | So extracting his fireman they went down the yard and got onto 4913 . |
| 30 | In 1946 when Charles Simon 's Repertory Company occupied the Hall it burnt down , and the Temps never had funds to restore it . |