Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 2 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 3 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 4 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 5 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 6 | Then he led them down into the bloody cloud again . |
| 7 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 8 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 9 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 10 | Stooping , he grabbed up the letters and stuffed them down behind the chair cushion just as the door opened and his sister walked in . |
| 11 | I want you to drive me down to the railway station in about half an hour . ’ |
| 12 | Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground . |
| 13 | We shift them down to the so they could n't get onto the cultivated land . |
| 14 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 15 | To the community at Canterbury he was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop , who had let them down in the matter of the primacy of their church . |
| 16 | THE Tranmere Rovers players were so high on good publicity before this match that their manager , John King , said he would have to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 17 | Their manager , John King , said his players were so high on publicity that before this match he had to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 18 | Allow the applied force gradually to separate your knees , driving them down to the mat . |
| 19 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 20 | It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years . |
| 21 | I never give up on people — even those who have let me down in the past . |
| 22 | Make the patchwork on the shells by spreading the glue over a small area , laying on scraps of cloth and pressing them down with the damp cloth . |
| 23 | ‘ He 'd track me down through the credit cards I use , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 25 | After some time he found himself down at the Green , where Emily had not come with him ; and remembered Emily , and decided that he must ask her to become engaged to him before he went , to wait for him ; would she agree ? |
| 26 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 27 | bows you down to the ground , bows you weeping |
| 28 | Race you down to the nursery slopes ! ’ |
| 29 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
| 30 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |