Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] down in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley ! |
| 2 | In the wild , a fish can get around this problem by absorbing much bigger molecules and then breaking them down in the gut wall or bloodstream . |
| 3 | She did not like flying and the mental energy involved in getting through the ordeal without flinging herself down in the aisle and drumming her heels was considerable . |
| 4 | The main shape of the landscape — mountains , rolling hills , and flat plains — is based on the geological rock formations , but has been severely modified by the movement of glaciers which carried vast quantities of rock , grinding it down in the process , depositing it in the form of boulders , gravel , sand , and silt , often many miles from its original outcrop . |
| 5 | Oh he 's terrible there , he even had them he had young girls working for him up there , and they found out they were paying he was paying them too little and then he got caught up with 'em , and erm what he done after he charged for taking them up there in the morning and charged 'em for taking them down in the evening with a Land Rover . |
| 6 | He returned to the young woman and carried her in , sitting her down in the fireside armchair . |
| 7 | they 're putting it down in the paper that |
| 8 | He pitched forward , throwing himself down in the glutinous mud , covering his head with his hands as Farrell replied , bullets slicing through the air and singing above the prone man 's body , missing him , it seemed , by mere inches . |
| 9 | ‘ If I were coining it down in the bull market , ’ I reminded him , ‘ and you were my oldest friend and out of work and you came up with two corking girls like that , I 'd be honoured to pay the bill . ’ |
| 10 | Dewi had wanted her to be independent , to fend for herself when he was no longer there to take care of her , but he could not have known that his death would have come so suddenly , striking him down in the prime of his manhood . |