Example sentences of "[v-ing] down on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Isabel had plenty of spirit , Guy reminded himself , ruthlessly stamping down on the protectiveness the sight of her always seemed to arouse in him . |
| 2 | On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream . |
| 3 | In course of time McKenzie did just that and the four divers slipped over the side , touching down on the deck of the Delos just over an hour after leaving the Ariadne . |
| 4 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 5 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 6 | Kneeling down on the floor , he picked up an empty cartridge case . |
| 7 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 8 | She saw him flex his ankle and wince , and she stood up and went over to him , kneeling down on the end of one of the sleeping-bags . |
| 9 | These people are afghans … a few of the one million who fled the rockets raining down on the capital city , Kabul . |
| 10 | By analogy with the genetic information raining down on the canal from my willow tree , we could say that the dust carries ‘ instructions ’ for how to dam streams and eventually make more dust . |
| 11 | Eventually they acquired the status of gods and goddesses whose periodic tantrums brought epidemics , famines and other disasters raining down on the heads of long-suffering humanity . |
| 12 | Less robust , but far more weighty , messages of similar import from Conservative back-benchers have been raining down on the heads of Norman Lamont and John Major since Tuesday 's announcement that VAT will be imposed on domestic gas , electricity and coal . |
| 13 | They used to do that : the chief inspector walking down on a Saturday morning in full regalia and one of these fellows would nod and they 'd always walk to the corner , and the Chief would n't say anything about it because they were on the corner and not causing any obstruction . |
| 14 | It could be a break , this is the bone here , supposing there is a break there , pressing down on the brain , that is a head injury , this part here is the bolt by the way and that is a injury to the bolt of the brain , just the top . |
| 15 | The stool was built into the set and was triggered by pressing down on the foot-rest . |
| 16 | You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders . |
| 17 | Hours of bending and stretching and twisting down on the prom in singlets and shorts while the wind whipped over us from the wintry sea . |
| 18 | The sharp sound of Sister Mary 's hand banging down on the square of writing paper stopped the chanting . |
| 19 | On the other hand , cracking down on the rebels could widen the fissures within the army and encourage disgruntled officers to plot more coups . |
| 20 | Mr Abello was the fourth-ranking person in the Medellin cartel and the most important suspect arrested since Colombia began cracking down on the cocaine barons nearly two months ago , the department said . |
| 21 | Thatched umbrellas and deck-chairs are provided for sunbathing down on the beach . |
| 22 | Nude sunbathing down on the Waaf site ! ’ and everyone racing down to have a look . |
| 23 | no well because your looking down on every body else you tend to feel erm , well I feel sort of that you 've got to er feel responsible for them and look after them |
| 24 | For a moment she was too surprised to speak and simply stared as if she were looking down on an apparition . |
| 25 | There was absolutely no point in having two hundred people perched up on the road looking down on the top of a marquee . |
| 26 | Now find yourself as that cloud , looking down on the landscape , seeing the stream and the large tree . |
| 27 | These attitudes included looking down on the pursuit of trade and commerce as somewhat inferior socially . |
| 28 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 29 | Looking down on the land over seven miles below from the lofty heights where jet streams vaporize behind you , it was hard to imagine the difficulties the old man must have faced . |
| 30 | Looking down on the clouds , Snowdonia |