Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put down the phone slowly . |
| 2 | I put down the phone . |
| 3 | I put down the receiver , overcome by emotion at hearing that voice again , unchanged . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Slowly , I put down the receiver . |
| 6 | I put down the receiver and wept . |
| 7 | He is starting his reply as I put down the receiver . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I put down the book and accepted a drink . |
| 10 | I put down the Mail , opened the Telegraph and found the same tale , though told in less lurid terms . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | I let down the tow rope . |
| 13 | I look down the rope into his face . |
| 14 | I glance down the page . |
| 15 | I set down the watering can and start for the vegetable plot . |
| 16 | On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs . |
| 17 | If the ball is above my feet , I grip down the club to feel more comfortable . |
| 18 | Rain said : ‘ My conscience dictates that I drive down the Cap and interview Peter Leary . |
| 19 | I drive down the strip past the car dealerships and the drive-in motels with their dusty swimming pools out front . |
| 20 | I need a lot of practice , too , but if I 'm in two minds on the range , I tone down the practice , get through the week and go home for a lesson . |
| 21 | Do you mind if I turn down the gas fire ? ’ |
| 22 | I could really do with a bit of a sit down and summat to drink , so I go down the driveway into the station . |
| 23 | An' if you mus ' know I like wearin' nice clothes an' I like the way boys look at me when I go down the schtreet an' I like to look sexy an' I like lipstick an' showin' meself off an' all that I enjoy it . |
| 24 | I close down the port operations office . |
| 25 | And I play on the mountains and I slide down the slag heap . ’ |
| 26 | At times I feel so tired that I throw down the pen in despair ; but it is soon taken up again , and , like a pygmy Antaeus , it seems to have imbibed fresh vigour from its prostration . |
| 27 | And then if if you lay down the joker cards you have to kiss everybody . |
| 28 | You knock down the system , retorted the grand Beatle , and we will build around it . |
| 29 | People did though did n't they , anything you want down the shop ? |
| 30 | it 'll only be shorter , it wo n't keep you warm down the bottom , yeah and here on the neck it 's , alright you can tell me the colour of , but it , it is quite |