Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 2 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 3 | I passed down the ward and opened a door at the end of a passage . |
| 4 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 5 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 6 | I wandered down the Rue de la Carbière then I heard the first soul-searing howl : the wolves were back in Paris , hunting for whatever they could find . |
| 7 | I retched down the front of my T-shirt and Scamp stepped back , but it did n't stop his flow . |
| 8 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 9 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 10 | I slammed down the receiver . |
| 11 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 12 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 13 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 14 | As Reid and I put down the cases we were carrying , Reid uncorked the bottle and offered me a shot of whisky . |
| 15 | I put down the phone slowly . |
| 16 | I put down the phone . |
| 17 | I put down the receiver , overcome by emotion at hearing that voice again , unchanged . |
| 18 | I put down the receiver and sat on the stairs trembling with panic , and I think I must have become pale , because I remember that my face felt very cold . |
| 19 | ‘ Slowly , I put down the receiver . |
| 20 | I put down the receiver and wept . |
| 21 | He is starting his reply as I put down the receiver . |
| 22 | When I put down the receiver I heard Geoff Tulloch 's voice out in the main office , impressing the young women with his irrepressible personality . |
| 23 | I put down the shafts and waved with my straw hat . |
| 24 | I put down the book and accepted a drink . |
| 25 | I put down the Mail , opened the Telegraph and found the same tale , though told in less lurid terms . |
| 26 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 27 | I walk down the streets of New York , the Village , and they stop and they talk , they want autographs . |
| 28 | I let down the tow rope . |
| 29 | I wafted down the face and traced out an elegant arc with my bottom turn , squirting a fountain of spume from my rail as I flew back up and pirouetted on the lip . |
| 30 | I drove down the afternoon before and was put up in a small hotel near the studios . |