Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Walking with his gauche , bouncy tread , his shoulders hunched , Nicola 's husband led Blanche and Dexter down the steps into the kitchen and gestured for them to sit down round the kitchen table . |
4 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
5 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
6 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
7 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
8 | Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered . |
9 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
10 | Maisie pushed Robert towards the stairs , and the two of them moved down towards the crowded entrance hall . |
11 | You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’ |
12 | We 're told it 's a very close thing , the decision not to participate erm and there were certain technical and theoretical reasons , I think , that led them to come down on the side of not . |
13 | They were beings like Miach , a crowd of them walking down to the shore from the forest . |
14 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
15 | In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre . |
16 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
17 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
18 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
19 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
20 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
21 | I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her . |
22 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
23 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
24 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
25 | About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper . |
26 | For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there . |
27 | I sit down to the table , and watch me , real men are n't like that are they ? and it locks |
28 | I sit down in the armchair and eat my cereal . |
29 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
30 | Doug Wimbish started playing harmonics on that funny Guild bass ( the rubber-stringed Ashbory model — Ed ) and I got down to a really quiet moment , and suddenly Phil just surprised the hell out of us with this keyboard patch ! |