Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] down [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
2 | Pathfinders in Space obeyed all the ground rules Sydney Newman laid down for doing drama on Television . |
3 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
4 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
5 | The judges will hear arguments next month and make their rulings , with luck , before Germany shuts down for August . |
6 | Harvey sank down into the parched grass . |
7 | — But Sheila moved down to London with Bob and she got a job no bother . |
8 | Having handed over her letter and waved goodbye , Perdita wandered down to the stables . |
9 | Fellow Cooperite Sir Brian Jenkins stands down as Mayor on 12 November . |
10 | Adimov sagged down onto his mattress and his head was half-buried in his pillow and there was a redness in his eyes . |
11 | ‘ Get Hawkins to go down in the cellar and help thee , and mind th'do n't get up to any pranks . ’ |
12 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
13 | Early in his time as prime minister he asked Ramsey to come down from York so that they could meet . |
14 | Marie knelt down beside Victoria . |
15 | The tall man opened the hold and Hitch peered down into it , glancing at dozens of crates all of roughly the same size . |
16 | Hatch bent down to the plants . |
17 | Hari sank down on the bench beside him . |
18 | Rivera departed and Schellenberg phoned down for his car , pulled on his overcoat and went out . |
19 | Tell Alistair because erm , he 'll enjoy the joke because , Emelda came down to us you see , she arrived at lunch time , out of the blue to us |
20 | The next day , when Edward came down to breakfast , Gordon Lang , the Archbishop of Canterbury , was waiting for him . |
21 | Edward came down from his room . |
22 | Rex dropped down from the ceiling . |
23 | The account of Paul 's dream about the Macedonian appears in Acts , Chapter 16 : 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas . |
24 | Manville flopped down in a chair without being asked . |
25 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
26 | Dr Neil came down to earth with a bump . |
27 | But Vivienne came down on me like a dragon . |
28 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
29 | Athelstan felt slightly ridiculous , he and Sir John sitting on the bed , Buckingham and Sir Richard looking down at them . |
30 | Travis came down beside her then , his body half resting over her , hands framing her face . |