Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the top of the kitchen-dresser he took down a jar . |
| 2 | As Polly took his place he started down the companionway . |
| 3 | In a March speech at the Hotel Cecil he laid down a plan of submitting food taxes — the most controversial item — to a referendum . |
| 4 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 5 | On his way drunkenly from the pub to the wood one night he fell down a railway embankment on to the line . |
| 6 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
| 7 | Early in his career he turned down the title role in David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia ( eventually played by Peter O'Toole ) after producer Sam Speigel insisted he sign a long-term picture deal . |
| 8 | Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests . |
| 9 | On hearing my voice he put down the phone . |
| 10 | At each stop he noted down the shapes and stitch work of other traditional working men 's jumpers . |
| 11 | ‘ Enjoyed our first day serving King and country , ‘ ave we ? ’ asked the duty corporal of his charges , when at twenty-one hundred hours he turned down the gas lights in the barrack room . |
| 12 | Without waiting for an answer he disappeared down the ladder . |
| 13 | In his extremity he put down the punch he could not hold steadily , and began to handle the half-shaped blocks of stone , dragging them forward and turning them to the light . |
| 14 | Without waiting for the others he plunged down the bank into the stream , slipping and slithering heedlessly over the protruding roots and rocks . |
| 15 | He was worried about them and by the time he came down the gang had gone . |
| 16 | He takes the flak every time he walks down the touchline . ’ |