Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [vb past] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone . |
| 2 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 3 | The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table . |
| 4 | He stepped over Gabriel 's knees and clambered down the ladder , mumbling . |
| 5 | By experiment and observation , Hahnemann worked out the drug pictures of many remedies and laid down the principles whereby they were to be used — remedies and principles which are still as valid today as they were when Hahnemann first discovered them . |
| 6 | Spitting it on to the floor , he raised the half-empty bottle to his lips and drank down the fiery vodka in great gulps , as if to drown the useless curses which rose in his throat . |
| 7 | Seb hunched his hands into his pockets and scowled down the lawn . |
| 8 | After selecting a field he carried out his emergency drills and shut down the engine . |
| 9 | Thus , one of the major criticisms formulated by the social movements of the 1960s , and by radical groups within socialist and labour parties , was directed against ‘ consensus politics ’ which placed a high value upon the existing parliamentary institutions and played down the commitment to radical changes in the social system . |
| 10 | They picked up their skis and disappeared down the Vallée Blanche . |
| 11 | Although he captured some knights and burned down the town , he was unable to take the castle . |
| 12 | I remembered my astonishment when the first doctor I saw at the Centre read my notes and wrote down a mixture of Centaury , Gorse , Star of Bethlehem and Beech . |
| 13 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 14 | The only problem occurred a few days after launch , when one of the sun sensors produced occasional false readings and shut down the satellite . |
| 15 | She took off her glasses and turned down the collar . |
| 16 | He turned to the bookshelves and pulled down an art book . |
| 17 | And she slipped like a ghost into the shadows and ran down the gallery . |
| 18 | I climbed the two flights of stairs and walked down the rickety balcony which led to Ellen 's small end room . |
| 19 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |
| 20 | He pulled back the blankets , peeled back the cotton and rubber sheets and struggled down the ladder with them in his arms . |
| 21 | He moved back to the chest of drawers and took down the photograph of Tatyana Nowak and her husband on Westminster Bridge . |
| 22 | Observers have described the move as a significant change of direction for the agency , a government body , which has hitherto emphasized the economics of catching whales and played down the benefits of active conservation . |
| 23 | Mallachy spun the chambers and squinted down the barrel at the cottage lights . |
| 24 | In the end the company became frustrated by lengthy negotiations and laid down an ultimatum saying it wanted an answer by September 1988 . |
| 25 | Polly finished drying the dishes and wiped down the cooker and the work surfaces , vaguely aware of the engine 's deep rumble and the sensation of movement . |
| 26 | It is like the wind that hurtled across the desert or whistled through the cedars or rushed down the wadis . |