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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach .
2	At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond .
3	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 .
4	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 .
5	I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face .
6	I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed .
7	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 .
8	Behold how I lay down the great weight of sorrow I have carried with me so long .
9	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 ?
10	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 .
11	I got up , washed , dressed , and Benjamin and I went down the great sweeping wooden staircase .
12	I went down the wrong route with the referrals and
13	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 .
14	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 ?
15	She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together .
16	I took down the battered , broken-spined A-Z I keep taped to the driver 's sun visor and pretended to be looking something up .
17	I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door .
18	Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep .
19	This time there was no mistake : I wrote down the genetic formula , and now I can " evolve " insects whenever I want .
20	Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic .
21	She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for .
22	She crashed down the four steps , ending up in a heap on the landing .
23	She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly .
24	As she walked to the weighing room , she gulped down the three pills .
25	After the stale fug in the tiny cabin , she gulped down the clean sea air , the car window wide open .
26	She lifted down the big suitcase from the top of the wardrobe , and , placing it on the bed , began to fill it , folding the garments as carefully as Isabelle would have done .
27	She drove down the wide west London avenue .
28	Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor .
29	Out of the window , as she hastened down the spiral staircase , Mildred saw the fires which were being lit in the ruins of the old castle where the celebrations were always held .
30	She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ .