Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 3 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 4 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 5 | The foot is reduced to a protrusion that they use to pull themselves down into the sand . |
| 6 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 7 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 8 | Back in his room , he carefully laid himself down on the bed . |
| 9 | When she had finished , he motioned Tam forward first because he was the oldest , and the twelve-year-old boy rushed eagerly across the room to fling himself down on the altar mat . " |
| 10 | Then he flung himself down on the settee . |
| 11 | He sighed and flung himself down on the chair . |
| 12 | Maybe they saw ‘ little water-trees , starwort and milfoil and crow foot ’ ; and ‘ green caterpillars which let themselves down from the boughs by silk ropes for no reason at all ’ ; and ‘ great spiders with crowns and crosses marked on their backs ’ . |
| 13 | Certain snakes and lizards are highly efficient at wriggling themselves down into the sand or gravel in such a way that only the tops of their heads and their eyes remain exposed to view . |
| 14 | This ensures that , if you suddenly pull the throttle stick hard back and drop the model onto the ground very hard , the blades will still be lifting and not pushing themselves down towards the tailboom . |
| 15 | A huge amount of political and industrial restructuring will have to take place as the east European states shake themselves down into the national structures that most suit their individual aspirations . |
| 16 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |
| 17 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
| 18 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
| 19 | Suddenly he threw himself down on the ground and rolled over and over in the dust . |
| 20 | Tavalouze marched forward and gracelessly threw himself down on the cushions . |
| 21 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 22 | He threw himself down in the chair , like a man beset by demons . |
| 23 | Apparently finding what he wanted , he came over to the sofa on the other side of the low coffee-table that was all that stood between them , threw himself down among the cushions and started to read . |
| 24 | She threw herself down on the sofa , and slept . |
| 25 | She threw herself down on the bed and started crying wildly . |
| 26 | When she threw herself down on the grass , he had expected Underwood to take advantage of the situation , but he sat upright and apart . |
| 27 | She scuffed through the gap in the chalk circle and threw herself down on the sacks . |
| 28 | She peeled off her wrap , threw herself down on the bunk and gloomily contemplated the future . |
| 29 | ‘ Some charm , ’ she muttered as she threw herself down on the bed . |
| 30 | Bathsheba walked up and down , crying and whispering to herself , then threw herself down by the road , exhausted . |