Example sentences of "[vb past] down on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 2 | Some of them started to run towards the airport building , and a few knelt down on the wet tarmac . |
| 3 | The two of them looked at it , as blood dripped down on the cold linoleum . |
| 4 | Outside , the sun beat down on the red baked earth of Provence , but the summer salon was cool . |
| 5 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 6 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 7 | She bore down on the surprised Jane like a galleon in full sail and demanded , imperiously , what she intended to ‘ do ’ with the house . |
| 8 | Spell after spell crashed down on the Dark Elves , the carnage was too awful to contemplate . |
| 9 | She dropped down on the other side of the sweetheart plant from Rain , bowed her head , rested her right hand lightly on the keys , shut her eyes tight and concentrated . |
| 10 | The B–17 pilot then skilfully brought the bomber down in front of the cameras , which recorded the dramatic crash landing as the right wing slammed down on the two right props and engines . |
| 11 | Heliopsis snatched a dramatic late verdict under George Duffield in the Tennents Special Handicap as the curtain came down on the 1992 Scottish Flat racing programme . |
| 12 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 13 | Myra flopped down on the nearest chair . |
| 14 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
| 15 | The sun shone down on the grassy slopes , accentuating petal colour : blue of germander speed well , pink of camp ion , mauve of tufted vetch and white of stitchwort . |
| 16 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 17 | I plonked down on the hard wooden sofa and began musing : was he telling the truth ? |
| 18 | An airstart attempt was unsuccessful and the aircraft touched down on the extended landing gear at a point 900 feet short of the runway pavement . |
| 19 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 20 | Polly slumped down on the moulded seat . |
| 21 | The pregnant housewife was found stabbed and battered after going missing when her car broke down on the M-50 motorway . |
| 22 | The body of the pregnant housewife was found near the M-50 motorway after her car broke down on the hard shoulder . |
| 23 | Six weeks later , CT scanning showed a bulky pancreas and a large pseudocyst of the lesser sac , with fluid tracked down on the left side of the retroperitoneum in the anterior compartment , anterior to Gerota 's fascia as far as the left iliac dossa . |
| 24 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 25 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 26 | Slipping into the bed Sarah looked down on the white-blonde head and felt the familiar tightening in her guts . |
| 27 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 28 | He looked down on the bent head , but there was no response from Millie . |
| 29 | He looked down on the pretty garden and saw the two of them snoring there , their front claws tucked neatly under their chins which rested on silk cushions and their tails dipped tidily into the pond whose waters did not stir enough to move their dreams to wildness . |
| 30 | She lay down on the dirty bed . |