Example sentences of "down [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last remnant of the storm hits us , thick snow blotting out the view of anything , so reluctantly we call a halt and go back down on to the lake . |
| 2 | The earlier smile , Sandra 's smile , lingered in the coffee bar until the proprietor began to bang the chairs upside down on to the tables , impatient to spend half an hour with Shirley Temple . |
| 3 | They sank down on to the leopardette sofa and he slipped off the crisp lacy briefs . |
| 4 | Next pass the patch through and pull it down on to the plaster . |
| 5 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 6 | After forcing the gannet down on to the sea , the skua just does n't let it get airborne again until it has vomited up its cropful of fish . |
| 7 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 8 | She disarmed herself , putting her grenades and pistol down on to the floor , and standing directly in front of the spy hole , but some ten feet away . |
| 9 | Unprofessionally , I looked up , to see the iron net of the scaffolding bending , swaying and finally tipping towards me as bolts snapped and lights crashed down on to the floor of the stage . |
| 10 | Masklin pushed aside a drift of greenstuff , grabbed the sandwich , hauled it to the edge of the tray and pushed it down on to the floor . |
| 11 | Jasper had got down on to the floor and was grubbing about under the carpet . |
| 12 | Something must be pulling me down on to the floor . |
| 13 | He put his hand round his neck , made a strange sound , and fell face down on to the floor . |
| 14 | She let Cleo slide over her thigh and down on to the floor . |
| 15 | The final stage is to cover the inked hardboard with a sheet of paper and press firmly down on to the board to transfer the ink marks to the paper . |
| 16 | He sank down on to the edge of her bed , and she scurried over towards the wall , taking every inch of her covers with her . |
| 17 | Caroline sank down on to the edge of the bed and shut her eyes tightly , trying to block out the humiliating scene , but it was impossible . |
| 18 | Collapsing down on to the edge of her bed , Fabia gave her situation several minutes ' thought . |
| 19 | He pushed her gently down on to the settee and sat so close to her that she could hardly breathe for fear that she 'd betray how much she wanted him . |
| 20 | You 've got to play down on to the ball . |
| 21 | She sank down on to the sofa , breathing deeply to steady herself . |
| 22 | He kicked his holdall out of the way and flopped down on to the sofa , quite exhausted by whatever he had been up to since the day he left . |
| 23 | Nevertheless he steadied his aim and brought the bracket down on to the bung . |
| 24 | He dashed the Hooded Owl down on to the middle of the stage , where it shattered satisfyingly . |
| 25 | The extraordinary thing was , you could see them coming down on to the leaves as you passed and waving their heads around , sniffing , and when you were underneath they would just drop and go straight down your neck , or on to your ears , hundreds of them . |
| 26 | Drunks were making a din on the stairs and a sculptor was tearing up a collection of Kisling 's drawings and throwing them down on to the head of the concierge . |
| 27 | Her knees rattled together like castanets as he helped her down on to the jetty . |
| 28 | Santiaguito , which was a complex of four distinct domes joined on to one another in a single elongate ridge , is rarely quiet for long , and one can literally hear it growing , because there is an almost continual rattle of small stones and rocks falling from the higher parts down on to the scree slopes below it . |
| 29 | He had remembered having seen , that first day , some goats grazing further on down the river bank , had made some inquiries and discovered that they were taken down on to the river bed every morning by a boy who acted as herd . |
| 30 | As he moved his way down on to the beach , he clumsily knocked the stones and the girls saw him and rushed to the rocks where they picked up not clothes , but sealskins which they wrapped around their bodies and then dived back into the sea . |