Example sentences of "[vb past] down on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind got down on one knee , the better to arrange the picture , and pressed the enchanted lever . |
| 2 | It swooped down on one of the dogs and was standing on its chest with its beak at her throat . |
| 3 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 4 | The man , it was the bald one with the glasses , knelt down on both knees and grabbed the bottom and began to kiss it ardently . |
| 5 | Not for a moment did his eyes sweep around the mountain heights which everywhere peered down on this upturned basin of ancient civilisation . |
| 6 | One of the few senior aides in the confidence of the couple admits it is unlikely Tim bent down on one knee to pop the question . |
| 7 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
| 8 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 9 | So Ariel kept vigil as the night came down on that day nearly four hundred years ago , when everything changed for them . |
| 10 | The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides . |
| 11 | Examples of marks turned down on these grounds are : HUNTSMAN — earlier mark SPORTSMAN ( both cherry brandy ) An application showing a picture of three pigs was refused because of a prior word mark THREE PIGS BRAND ( bacon ) |
| 12 | We were living in a period of change and he wanted to avoid the danger of rejecting courses of action merely because they had been considered and turned down on some earlier occasion during his leadership . |
| 13 | And then , on the verge of sleep , she was crashing with him through the bushes of that dreadful wood , feeling the briars scratching her legs , the low twigs whipping against her cheeks , staring with him as the pool of light from the torch shone down on that grotesque and mutilated face . |
| 14 | Fluorescent lights shone down on dull red rubbery floors , making a pinkish reflection on the walls , and at intervals the passages were interrupted by semitransparent plastic flapping doors , like valves in a vein . |
| 15 | Straggling columns of federal infantrymen and their local militia allies advanced unopposed on the suburbs of Visegrad as shells rained down on Muslim positions . |
| 16 | The force of the blast was such that skylights were blown in , and boiling hot mud and ashes rained down on those below decks , killing many and scalding others . |
| 17 | It 's previous incinerator was old and inefficient , not only belching out smoke but also the half burnt remains of used surgical dressings , and even patients confidential notes , which rained down on nearby gardens . |
| 18 | He ducked down on one knee and said to himself , ‘ Sasaki , gambare ! |
| 19 | Good horses they bred down on that road you know . |
| 20 | I touched down on that planet during my homing , and all that remains of that great civilization , dear friends , are mountains of empty drink cans and a carpet of potato-chip packets . |
| 21 | Sir John released him and the fellow slumped down on all fours , retching and coughing . |
| 22 | Brearley won the toss and put West Indies in , and the England bowlers did well ; the fourth wicket went down on 99 and they were clearly on top . |
| 23 | The beautiful thing in that room was Maud Bailey herself , who went down on one knee very gracefully to plug in a kettle , and produced from a cupboard two blue and white Japanese mugs . |
| 24 | Luke went down on one knee . |
| 25 | Joe placed the bowl of water on the linoleum floor , took the discarded flannel from the bedside table and went down on one knee to apply treatment . |
| 26 | Karr went down on one knee . |
| 27 | ‘ Chieh Hsia … ’ the Marshal began , then went down on one knee , bowing his head low . |
| 28 | Holmes went down on one knee , and put his ear to the ground . |
| 29 | He went down on one knee beside the older woman . |
| 30 | Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . |