Example sentences of "[pers pn] down on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench . |
| 2 | She sat them down on the sofa . |
| 3 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 4 | Instead , it plonks them down on the gravel path and lets them knock about a bit . |
| 5 | Then in order to compare your expenditure against likely income , jot them down on the Budget Planner ( see pages 120–25 ) . |
| 6 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 7 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 8 | But long before he reaches him he recognizes him — from the way he 's sitting , sprawled back in an armchair with his feet on a coffee-table , reading an ancient Amazing Science Fiction ; from his spectacles and rumpled hair ; from the fact that he 's taken his shoes and socks off to cool his feet , and tossed them down on the coffee-table ; from the way he does n't look up , even as Howard comes right up to him , goggling head leading the way , unable to believe his eyes . |
| 9 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 10 | As Floy and Snodgrass watched in silence , the Elms stretched out their hard , lichen-crusted branches and brought them down on the prisoner 's shoulders and thighs , at the place where the skin had started to tear . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And if you had paper plates people put them down on the floor , inevitably , somebody got drunk and put their plate on the floor , they were probably thinking about something else , and then the beet juice or the goo or whatever , soaked through the paper plate and onto the carpet and you never , never got it out . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The boy came in through the back carrying Russell 's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 18 | Waiting for me down on the sands — a great hulking shape , crouching there , darker than darkness . |
| 19 | I protested , but only weakly ; I was hysterical , and , I suppose , rather excited too : even when he had me down on the floor , jammed in an uncomfortable position with my head stuck between the pedestal of the wash basin and a slimy floor cloth someone had left lying against the wall , I could still do nothing but laugh . |
| 20 | Just dragged me into the building , threw me down on the floor , made a lot of noise and left . ’ |
| 21 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 22 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 23 | Ye 'll find me down on the quay looking at her . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll go ahead , and you can join me down on the beach . ’ |
| 25 | Are we down on the batteries ? |
| 26 | He would have been happier if the Latin American had made at least a pretence at attempting to beat him down on the charter price . |
| 27 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 28 | I sat him down on the kerb and called police . ’ |
| 29 | They overpowered him and , while the rest held him down on the pavement , one of them put the razor in the corner of Joyce 's mouth and slit his cheek backwards beyond the ear . |
| 30 | The excitement was very high , and the pressure of the other chimpanzees in the tree forced him down on the ground , where he was greeted by the screaming females . |