Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perdita cried unashamedly after they left , fleeing to her bare room and hurling herself down on the pink counterpane . |
| 2 | Neither of them now took notice of Aggie 's returning to the room and seating herself down on the leather couch . |
| 3 | ‘ Now I come to think of it , ’ he said , easing himself down into the depths of his very easy chair , ‘ that Mrs Entwhistle from the corner said there was something about your dad in one of the Sunday papers , I do n't remember which . ’ |
| 4 | Certain snakes and lizards are highly efficient at wriggling themselves down into the sand or gravel in such a way that only the tops of their heads and their eyes remain exposed to view . |
| 5 | This ensures that , if you suddenly pull the throttle stick hard back and drop the model onto the ground very hard , the blades will still be lifting and not pushing themselves down towards the tailboom . |
| 6 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was already inside and sitting himself down by the time I spoke . |
| 9 | Corbett groaned and went up to his chamber , throwing himself down on the small cot and reflecting on what he had learnt . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Blake ! ’ she said with enthusiasm , going over and plopping herself down on the bench beside him . |