Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The big challenge came from everybody 's favourite Ginny Leng … she was riding Welton Romance and after racing around the 28 fence course was just two penalty points down from the leader … less than once fault in the showjumping … |
| 32 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
| 33 | The man was standing beside the stream , arms folded , gazing down at the water . |
| 34 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 35 | She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile . |
| 36 | Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring . |
| 37 | She sat , leaning her cheek on her hand , gazing down at the dog , her flaming hair falling untidily down her back , and over her shoulders , and glistening in the light from the candelabrum on the mantel and the glow of the fire . |
| 38 | She frowned , gazing down at the table , she even bared her teeth . |
| 39 | We drank the tea squatting in the shade , gazing down over the desert and the river valley . |
| 40 | In a hundred years ' time a solitary figure might well be seen on a lonely road gazing down into the valley , wondering about ‘ Little Hintock ’ . |
| 41 | At the end of the gallery the girl halted , gazing down into the hall through one of the archways cut into the wall . |
| 42 | In another mood , while gazing down into the vapour one could imagine the turbulent creation of the Earth with the alpha tracks like mountain ranges constantly forming , disappearing and reforming . |
| 43 | He stopped , mouth agape , gazing down across the Sound where Luch up on the roof was pointing . |
| 44 | ‘ BEST decision I 've ever made in my life , ’ said Des Walker , gazing down from the terrace of his Genoese apartment at sunlit rocks and ocean . |
| 45 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 46 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 47 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 48 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 49 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 50 | You get a nice space to sit down at the table |
| 51 | If we were gon na say , right , this only is gon na apply to mega- projects , tt and therefore it would be appropriate for the project coordinator to be the person to sit down at the start of the job , when he 's agreeing the remit with the client , when he 's developing the erm tt er who 's doing what within the functions . |
| 52 | She finds time to sit down with the patient before she 's wheeled off to X-Ray , explaining exactly how the lung will be sealed off , that pain is inevitable and how it will be controlled . |
| 53 | Is to sit down with the estate agent and say , Right why have you got these business on . |
| 54 | You need to sit down with the practice manager or whomever and say right now you 've listed all these , why , what 's peculiar about what 's particular and peculiar about these that you should say that this is a good opportunity . |
| 55 | It 's to sit down with the practice manager and say right tell me about these businesses . |
| 56 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 57 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 58 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
| 59 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 60 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |