Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] down [art] " 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 | He felt in his purse and threw down a couple of copper coins . |
| 4 | A mob attacked Kano government offices and burnt down the state radio station . |
| 5 | Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles . |
| 6 | For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’ |
| 7 | You 'd do something more likely to reap a financial return , such as throw it off the top of Blackpool Tower in a Force Nine gale and run down the 763 steps to see if you could catch any of it before it blew away . |
| 8 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 10 | ‘ I knew because it 's got a band of those black and white checks across the bonnet and the roof and running down the back . |
| 11 | she finished her own tea and put down the cup . |
| 12 | When the thumping and cheering had died away Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke rose to her feet fingering her pearls and smoothing down the flounces of her garden party frock . |
| 13 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 14 | They scrambled from the police car and headed down a narrow alleyway , their hands resting lightly on their sheathed batons . |
| 15 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 16 | And the people who were farming Blind Beck at the time killed a pig and sent down a lovely pork pie to us . |
| 17 | singing We are happy , on Wednesday fourteenth of July , nineteen ninety three , on Trent F M and skipping down the yellow brick road of life with Deanna Carol and her Special kind of love . |
| 18 | Burkett 's daughter would saddle up a horse and ride down the east shore of Derwent Water to the Lodore landing stage . |
| 19 | The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table . |
| 20 | He stepped over Gabriel 's knees and clambered down the ladder , mumbling . |
| 21 | This type of noise is often from a diff and travels down the tubular propshaft to sound as if it comes from the gearbox and gets louder as the roadspeed increases . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He found all second winter whelks to cease feeding on the Yorkshire coast and lay down a row of " teeth " within their shell . |
| 25 | Note the selection headings for these areas and write down the most important features of the case that occur in each of these sections in a layout that will make the next step easy for you . |
| 26 | Press into a little china , glass or glazed earthenware pot or terrine and smooth down the top . |
| 27 | After selecting number 2 into the current colour box , go to FUNCTION in the top menu bar and hold down the mouse button . |
| 28 | Consequently , if we find all efficient tableaux and write down a list of corresponding BFSs ( omitting duplicates , if necessary ) we shall have found all efficient BFSs , whether or not degeneracy occurs . |
| 29 | And when the satin had been recovered and she had found — after a painful , dry-mouthed fortnight of dosing herself with cheap gin and jumping down the cellar steps whenever Odette was not looking — that she was , miraculously , not pregnant , she had believed her luck to be on the turn . |
| 30 | She fumbled a pair of glasses from the folds of her sari and looked down the register . |