Example sentences of "[vb past] down [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilkerson bent down and handed each one of us a big ice cream carton . |
| 2 | He climbed down and removed all his clothing except for his socks , which he left on in order to make a quick getaway . |
| 3 | Slave masters strode through the crowds of men and women whipping them if they slowed down or showed any interest in the travellers . |
| 4 | and then other , like this morning I woke up about quarter to seven , well I 'd been awake a while but I thought I 'd came to at quarter to seven I went down and make some tea and having breakfast |
| 5 | I was very puzzled why she fell down and decided some plaster must have fallen on her . |
| 6 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |
| 7 | They strode down and found more news already arriving . |
| 8 | If you sat down and made another fair copy of the manuscript , you would infallibly find yourself making new adjustments and emendations to it . |
| 9 | If we go back about two years , a little bit more than two years now , we sat down and considered those areas which were most important to us in developing a new accounting package . |
| 10 | Here 's the café where he sat down and read all the papers , trying to understand the local politics . |
| 11 | Edward sat down and read these words : |