Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never throw a fork or spade or put it down near your feet . |
| 2 | I would send it swooping over and under hers , or dive it down to the sands while I stood on a dune cliff , pulling the kite down to nick tall towers of sand I 'd built , then pulling up again , the kite trailing a spray of sand through the air from the collapsing tower . |
| 3 | He preferred to forget about those , or to pretend to himself that ‘ the real Marie ’ had not sent that bottle crashing into the wall by his head , or hunted him down in the darkness of the tunnels . |
| 4 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 5 | It can involve redrawing the work to show a different scale of projection , or breaking it down into a general drawing or a series of drawings . |
| 6 | ‘ For take-off and landing , each propeller works like a helicopter rotor , pulling the plane into the sky or letting it down on the helipad . |
| 7 | Be prepared for a breakdown in communication and for certain individuals to misbehave or let you down around the 12th and the 26th . |
| 8 | I had to say something humorous without being a smart-ass or putting her down in any way . |
| 9 | or write you down as time scale , you 'd presumably talking about planning up to six weeks perhaps before she trots around . |
| 10 | Ensure good contact by pegging in place with wire hoops or weighting it down with a few pebbles . |
| 11 | Riven had lost his in the river , but he snatched up one of the long river poles and stabbed it down on the crowds of hairy heads which thronged the water , clicking against skulls . |
| 12 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 13 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
| 14 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
| 15 | Guido drained his whisky glass and laid it down on a nearby table . |
| 16 | He folded his newspaper and laid it down on a seat beside him . |
| 17 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 18 | He bowed , kissed her hand , and led her down to the courtyard where their carriage waited . |
| 19 | Then suddenly closing his eyes and clenching his fist and bringing it down on the counter , he said , ‘ Whatever you want to do , for God 's sake ! |
| 20 | He was still by the bomb , whacking the sand with his plank , using both hands to hold it and bringing it down with all his strength , jumping up in the air at the same time and yelling . |
| 21 | She took off her jacket and slung it down on the settee . |
| 22 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 23 | She does n't avoid the painful issues that divide us — but , as few writers can , she makes us laugh at them and bring them down to size . |
| 24 | If not I 've only got to put them up in the attic and bring them down in three month 's time . |
| 25 | Because they 'll drown themself and bring you down with them . |
| 26 | Then shower — ‘ Acqua Fredda ’ , cold spray to tone and give elasticity to the skin and bring you down to earth . |
| 27 | He reached up in the darkness to take hold of her face and bring it down to his mouth , glad that the murk concealed the satisfaction he wore . |
| 28 | Only the Conservatives will substantially reduce the Community Charge in Oxford , and bring it down to a level that people can afford . |
| 29 | You have started with a high level concept and broken it down into component parts . |
| 30 | You have started with a high level concept and broken it down into component parts . |