Example sentences of "and [vb past] down in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament . |
| 2 | He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity . |
| 3 | LUKE PARKED HIS Chevrolet Celebrity on the fifth floor of the studio carpark and rode down in the elevator with two minor executives in tracksuits who were discussing the latest records broken by ‘ 'T IS He Whose Yester-evening 's High Disdain ’ . |
| 4 | They broke through the upper windows and tumbled down in the middle of us . |
| 5 | Caroline freed it carefuly , rose from the bed , and sank down in the chair beside it . |
| 6 | We returned from our walk aglow with wind-reddened cheeks , divested ourselves of boots and outer layers of wrapping and flopped down in the deep chairs of the sunset-lit lounge chatting , until David left at around 10 p.m . |
| 7 | I managed to get my seat belt off and ducked down in the seat to get out of range of the gunshots . ’ |
| 8 | But out he went and plopped down in the rough surrounding the green until , finally , a marshal suggested that he might be trespassing . |
| 9 | It hit the green and finished down in the rough with the flag just over a little rise ( he was down in Duncan 's Hollow ) . |
| 10 | Faded now to dirty cream , and thrust down in a crumpled ball to the base of the chest — but still instantly known . |
| 11 | Markby ‘ did the honours ’ and settled down in a vast , chintz-covered , feather-cushioned armchair . |
| 12 | LGCM survived and settled down in an office in Bethnal Green . |
| 13 | Immediately the engine noise grew even louder , drowning out the sound of Delaney 's own voice as he shouted an acknowledgement to the sergeant and settled down in the nearest side seat , strapping himself in . |
| 14 | We eventually picked a hotel which looked out over the main square and settled down in the bar . |
| 15 | She ordered sandwiches and coffee and settled down in the lounge to wait for him . |
| 16 | She strode back to the editor 's room and slumped down in a chair . |
| 17 | Nigger Asnett boarded the two fifteen for Gloucester , threw his suitcase on to the rack and slumped down in the comer seat . |
| 18 | She reached her mother 's in nearby Northumberland Street and broke down in a state of shock . |
| 19 | The threshing floors lay bare , pale , trodden and packed down in a circle around the post where the oxen had circled . |
| 20 | Alice went up to her room , and squatted down in the corner where her bed had been , the narrow white bed she had slept in since she was ten years old . |
| 21 | After Crawford 's three-month break , during which he got sunstroke and fell down in the garden , breaking two bones in his foot , he and Cuka started rehearsals . |
| 22 | Gazzer crawled up the bank and lay down in the tall grass , pole-axed by fatigue . |
| 23 | She pulled backwards if I spoke to her and lay down in the grass at every opportunity , refusing to move . |
| 24 | Obviously I could not relax and take stock in the turret after what had happened , so I worked my way back to the Bible Room , closed the door quietly and lay down in the bunk . |
| 25 | Several other nuees swept harmlessly down the valley of the Riviere Blanche during the next couple of months , but on 30 August death came again to Martinique , where a powerful nuee blasted out from Mt Pelee and rolled down in a new direction , engulfing the small village of Morne Rouge . |
| 26 | She dosed the door softly behind her , took off her coat and folded it neatly on the small divan bed and snuggled down in the flowery corner armchair . |
| 27 | White 's body was found stabbed and weighted down in a lake near Cirencester in 1989 . |
| 28 | As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky . |
| 29 | We grabbed the baby from her cot and crouched down in the hall of our house , thankful that it is made of concrete rather than wood . |
| 30 | Their leader had quiet words with the cardinal , who smiled , clapped his hands , and a green baize-covered table and two chairs were brought in and set down in the middle of the hall . |