Example sentences of "[vb past] down [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John got down in front of Dad and looked up into his face and said , ‘ It 's our flight . ’ |
| 2 | The items in this inventory were modelled on the list of symptoms used by psychiatrists to diagnose the borderline condition of ‘ schizotypal personality disorder ’ referred to earlier , but toned down for use with non-clinical populations . |
| 3 | Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . |
| 4 | There should be a definite , fixed penalty for every offence , laid down in advance by the legislature in a strict tariff . |
| 5 | In redrawing boundaries the commissions are guided by rules laid down by act of Parliament . |
| 6 | Typical of the uneasy compromises that resulted was the Ten Articles of Faith laid down by convocation in 1536 . |
| 7 | It was their tree ; although distant from Nana 's house , it was one of several passed down as part of the family 's inheritance . |
| 8 | What I knew about the Legion was based on a series of rumours and pieces of misinformation passed down from recruit to recruit . |
| 9 | He is armed with the Sword of Justice , an ancient weapon passed down from Champion to Champion through the reigns of successive Emperors . |
| 10 | Kragan knelt down in front of Adam and looked at him as a butcher would appraise a cut of meat . |
| 11 | Stony-faced Lucenzo seated her in an opulently covered settle and knelt down in front of her , holding her hands and looking thunderous . |
| 12 | He knelt down in front of her stereo system . |
| 13 | Ted sank down with relief into a chair . |
| 14 | Born in 1818 , son of a stonemason , Burnard was carving stone by the time he was twelve , making his own crude ‘ chisels ’ from nails ground down in sand from Dozmary Pool . |
| 15 | IRELAND cut the blooming English rose down to size at Lansdowne Road yesterday with a majestic performance of heroic proportions . |
| 16 | And dropped down in front of the car . |
| 17 | The bucket had a rope attached to its handle and I skimmed it over the stern to haul up a gallon or so of sea-water which I slammed down in front of Rickie . |
| 18 | A student at Lashan Gliding Centre was badly hurt once when the glider lifted off the ground and came down on top of him as he walked by the nose . |
| 19 | Her hand came down on top of a large bunch of them and she felt a sudden stinging pain . |
| 20 | Just as he was leaving the roof there was a crack which stung his eardrums and the flagpole , struck near the base by a round shot , came down on top of him dealing him a painful blow on the shoulder . |
| 21 | ‘ Saunders came down on top of him . |
| 22 | She wound her arms around his neck , eagerly accepting his heated kisses until he lifted her on to the bed and came down on top of her , covering her and dominating her . |
| 23 | But I ended by clarifying Jesus 's role in the scheme of things by quoting , as far as I could remember , from a hymn , ‘ He came down on earth from Heaven , he died to save us all . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I have to go out today , ’ Fernando told her when she came down for breakfast on the terrace the next morning . |
| 25 | You could n't walk into his dressing-room five minutes after the curtain came down for fear of what you might find him doing . |
| 26 | His mother would find him still at it when she came down to breakfast in the morning . |
| 27 | The young New Zealander came down to earth with a bruising bump in the World Cup and still has much to learn , but he remains potentially an all-rounder of world class . |
| 28 | Having survived ten days in the Caribbean unbeaten and relatively unscathed , in St Kitts we came down to earth with a large thump and were soundly thrashed by the island 's powerful side , which contained several hard hitting batsmen . |
| 29 | It was time he came down to earth with a bump , she thought , literally . |
| 30 | Dr Neil came down to earth with a bump . |