Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then her hands began to shake so she put down the half-eaten cake , very aware that his face was full of emotion , belying the quietness of his voice . |
| 2 | It was her ‘ wait ’ and she sped down the stone staircase ahead of the lumbering old man and snatched up the receiver . |
| 3 | I tapped on the glass , and she wound down the window . |
| 4 | Like that right , and she walked down the bus and this , the policeman said to the bus driver , oh you 'll have to hang on a wee minute because I have to speak to this woman here . |
| 5 | She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for . |
| 6 | They said goodbye and she put down the phone . |
| 7 | And she put down the telephone . |
| 8 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 9 | The engaged tone bleeping in Robyn 's ear confirmed the good sense of this judgement , but she put down the receiver reluctantly . |
| 10 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 11 | There was a quiet period while she put down the receiver and wrote her notes . |
| 12 | She gathered her straggly hair into a bun at the back of her head , holding it with her left hand while she pulled down the polo neck of her thin jumper . |
| 13 | Amid the clatter of cutlery and crockery , my contact revealed how Diana had seriously considered calling off the wedding two days before she walked down the aisle at St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 14 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 15 | My second brother and I , self-conscious teenagers of the Sixties , were sometimes embarrassed when she wound down the window of her car and addressed a shepherd or a forester in her clear , carrying , Edwardian accent . |
| 16 | And your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper for her pussy , so when she slides down the banister and says like blurgh , la blah la blah loo ! |
| 17 | NURSE Kim Leach seemed every inch an angel when she swept down the aisle as the Daily Mirror 's Bride of the Year . |
| 18 | He was non-committal about her chances of complete recovery , and Sara felt a little sick and uneasy when she put down the phone . |
| 19 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 20 | As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun . |
| 21 | ‘ Darling I 'm so proud of you , ’ he said as she walked down the staircase at Clarence House . |
| 22 | As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles . |
| 23 | As she walked down the companionway to the lower deck the breeze moulded her couture suit of cream silk bouquet against the contours of her body . |
| 24 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 25 | She was thinking about Donna later , as she walked down the ward to see if the new patient had arrived . |
| 26 | Out of the window , as she hastened down the spiral staircase , Mildred saw the fires which were being lit in the ruins of the old castle where the celebrations were always held . |
| 27 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 28 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 29 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 30 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |