Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found this sweet little man who fixed up a non-reflex 35 for me slowed down the motor wind so it would n't make a sound fixed in a timer to take a shot every thirty seconds . |
| 2 | I stood transfixed as two of them shot down the Glacier des Grands Montets carving beautiful turns all the way down beneath the north face of the Drus . |
| 3 | They were jumping up and putting their paws up so they I went up back upstairs and they sk tried to skid up but they were going so quickly that one of them went down the step again . |
| 4 | Four or five of them broke down the door of the Admiral Benbow and ran inside . |
| 5 | Among the immigrant Irish , ‘ wakes ’ were exploited as a means of bringing in contributions , some of which vanished down the throats of relatives and friends in need of consolation . |
| 6 | Oh , it was a disaster , he was er my estimation of him went down a hundred percent because she smoked |
| 7 | He fell forward , as a result of which there was a crowd surge and the people in front of him stumbled down the terraces . |
| 8 | Suddenly , the grass around the den began to rustle and clumps of it fell down the bank . |
| 9 | No , the difficulty I have with Dennett 's excellent paper , and the reason I have brought it into discussion here , has to do with the fact that he never actually says which parts of the diagram are in consciousness and his view is consistent with consciousness being ( a ) the ‘ control box ’ , ( b ) sometimes one box and sometimes another ( very like the ‘ heterarchical aspect ’ of Minsky 's views , which I earlier called a ‘ pinball machine ’ theory of consciousness ) , or ( c ) some elements of what passed down the communication channels , that is to say , the lines between the boxes . |
| 10 | ‘ All three of us looked down the embankment and it became apparent there was a body there , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Before getting on board some of us walked down the platform to take photographs of Evening Star running round its train . |
| 12 | The realisation that this illness could apply to anyone broke down the illusion that it only affects those who have dropped out of society . |