Example sentences of "they [vb past] down in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they got down in the grass you see . |
| 2 | Michael ordered them both hot whiskies and they settled down in the lounge bar . |
| 3 | After all , there would be plenty of time , as they settled down in the warren , to show these strangers that they were as good as themselves , without risking trouble by putting on airs at the start . |
| 4 | Afterwards , when Billie had helped clear up and Adam had finished the list of instructions for Lily , they settled down in the living room with a large jug of coffee . |
| 5 | Although average 1989 wage increases , at 9.5 per cent , ran well ahead of output , they slowed down in the fourth quarter , possibly helping to reduce the budget deficit to about 75 per cent of its planned level . |
| 6 | At last they slumped down in the sunshine with two long bamboos to chase away the chickens . |
| 7 | Then they lay down in the snow , and fell asleep , and never woke up again . |
| 8 | Wexford laughed and they went down in the lift together . |
| 9 | ‘ A good man , that , ’ he said , guiltily , to Catherine as they went down in the lift . |
| 10 | They went down in the lift . |
| 11 | They went down in the lift and crossed the big reception hall . |
| 12 | This was what they told one another , and what they wrote down in The Book of Nome . |
| 13 | They sat down in the road and , when the state police dragged them away , they threw jackrocks under the wheels of the ‘ scab ’ trucks ( a jackrock is a couple of sharpened nails welded together so that no matter which way they land , they always have a point sticking up in the air ) . |
| 14 | An hour later , after scratching their arms and legs and staining their hands and mouths with juice , they sat down in the grass and passed a bottle of lemonade around . |
| 15 | Then they sat down in the great dining hall to drink . |
| 16 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |