Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a brisk nod Polly relinquished the wheel and dived down the companionway . |
| 2 | He threw down the knife , turned off the gas ring and stamped down the hall . |
| 3 | she finished her own tea and put down the cup . |
| 4 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 5 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 6 | The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table . |
| 7 | He stepped over Gabriel 's knees and clambered down the ladder , mumbling . |
| 8 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 9 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 10 | Whether , at the tender age of nineteen , he will be able to withstand the gruelling concert tour he has won remains to be seen ; Radu Lupu , who won the competition in 1966 , accepted the trophy but turned down the year of free promotion and international débuts . |
| 11 | She fumbled a pair of glasses from the folds of her sari and looked down the register . |
| 12 | Seb hunched his hands into his pockets and scowled down the lawn . |
| 13 | Tom quickly checked that the blacks were firmly on Willie 's window and disappeared down the ladder , holding a squirming Sammy in his arms . |
| 14 | On one occasion they locked him in a bedroom and he threw a wooden brick through the window and tore down the curtains . |
| 15 | On one occasion they locked him in a bedroom and he threw a wooden brick through a window and tore down the curtains . |
| 16 | Benjamin spun on his heel , grabbed a torch from Sir John Santerre and walked down the nave , beckoning me to follow him . |
| 17 | We collected our horses , took leave of Santerre and galloped down the frozen , cobbled track as if Mandeville intended to waste no time in reaching Glastonbury before nightfall . |
| 18 | A French lieutenant holding a bunker in the village noted that under the bombardment ‘ this vast block , 30 metres square , oscillated , at times actually rising up , like a ship ’ Yet still the suicide machine-gun nests stayed behind in the pulverised debris and mowed down the German assault waves . |
| 19 | She found a stained beer-mat and put down the mug , which bore the legend , ‘ When God made man , she was only joking ’ in spiky black letters . |
| 20 | They found the cutting and scrambled down the slopes of the cutting enjoying the freedom , the old hut looked interesting and they soon explored the area , that had reverted back to nature . |
| 21 | They discussed the coming Sunday excursion as they climbed out of the empty hold and trotted down the ship 's gangway on to the wharf . |
| 22 | She came to the rehearsal and came down the bridge over the orchestra where I was directing , and she said to the manager , ‘ If this veil remains , I do not sing . ’ |
| 23 | After selecting a field he carried out his emergency drills and shut down the engine . |
| 24 | Harry turned off the car engine and wound down the window . |
| 25 | She walked to the desk and put down the vase and by the time she had done this Gabriel was gone . |
| 26 | Thus , one of the major criticisms formulated by the social movements of the 1960s , and by radical groups within socialist and labour parties , was directed against ‘ consensus politics ’ which placed a high value upon the existing parliamentary institutions and played down the commitment to radical changes in the social system . |
| 27 | They picked up their skis and disappeared down the Vallée Blanche . |
| 28 | Joseph picked up a small parcel and walked down the length of the shop to hand it to Patrick . |
| 29 | He returned their wave and gazed down the sun dappled ribbon of bright water as it meandered its way towards Sharpness docks a couple of miles distant . |
| 30 | The midday sun glinted against the bronze bas-reliefs of famous battle scenes on Napoleon 's column as Chantal steered the Harley-Davidson through the place de l'Opéra and turned down the busy rue de la Paix . |