Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn demanded , slapping down her wine glass on to the table . |
| 2 | Milan Aksentijevic , the deputy commander of the fifth army district — which included Croatia — after forcing down his helicopter south of Zagreb . |
| 3 | National groups could only find outlets for their own beer by acquiring smaller companies and shutting down their brewing plant . |
| 4 | It has nibbled at the problem , closing down its fertiliser business after failing to sell it . |
| 5 | ‘ Then if you will not , I must ! ’ cried my noble cousin , flinging down his television set and plunging for the door . |
| 6 | If that 's not bad enough , Peter Niven and young Irishman Adrian Maguire are impertinently breathing down his collar bone . |
| 7 | ‘ Miss Broome , ’ said Ianthe firmly , putting down her shopping basket which was beginning to feel very heavy . |
| 8 | Putting down his gas mask and haversack at the side of a tree , he walked slowly forward ; then dropping on to one knee , he placed his hand on Joe 's shoulder , and the contact brought the younger man round with a start . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh ! ’ said a disappointed Otley , putting down his dustbin lid . |
| 10 | After walking in and setting down their pocket tape recorder , they soon reveal themselves as inarticulate and badly prepared and the whole encounter is punctuated with long , awkward silences . |
| 11 | ‘ I think , ’ Anna said a minute later , setting down her brass burden on the kitchen table , ‘ I think I have had a little revelation . ’ |
| 12 | With a sigh , she leaned against it , laying down her champagne glass , then closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly . |
| 13 | Laying down her coffee mug with a decisive thud , she got to her feet and strode with her usual long-legged grace to the dining-room . |