Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 2 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 3 | I gulp down the orange drink and order another one . |
| 4 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 5 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 6 | So I put down a hundred thousand in cash and took out an eighty-thousand mortgage . ’ |
| 7 | I put down the empty can . |
| 8 | I walk down the real staircase , but I know , like Lot 's wife knew , that everything is crumbling to a smoke screen behind me , the urge to look back slaps at my face , but there has been enough powder to nothing in my life . |
| 9 | I walk down the broadest thoroughfare on the island , that which leads to the harbour . |
| 10 | I walk down the steep flight of stairs . |
| 11 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 12 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 13 | I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor . |
| 14 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 15 | I scramble down a muddy , leaf-littered bank and into a chilly stream at the bottom ; it flows over one boot and I whisper , ‘ Shit ’ and squelch up the far bank , holding onto the cold branches of bushes and the mud-slimy roots of trees . |
| 16 | I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face . |
| 17 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 18 | When I drive down the same street in my Ferrari they extend a finger . ’ |
| 19 | By means best not mentioned I tracked down a living link with Martha . |
| 20 | I 've seen the video tape of Tom and I coming down the 18th . |
| 21 | I think I settled down a few years back . |
| 22 | I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders . |
| 23 | Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long . |
| 24 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 25 | When I go down a steep or longish hill , braking on the engine , by the time I 've reached the bottom the engine seems to be suffering from fuel starvation and consequently refuses to go up the other side . |
| 26 | And I went down a few hundred yards again . |
| 27 | There was a lot of undergrowth to be cleared so Stephen and I went down the following Saturday ( 17/10/92 ) to cut down and burn the weeds . |
| 28 | I got up , washed , dressed , and Benjamin and I went down the great sweeping wooden staircase . |
| 29 | I went down the wrong route with the referrals and |
| 30 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |