Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Superintending Constable Giles Aplin mounted his horse he looked down at Tom and Seb . |
| 2 | So extracting his fireman they went down the yard and got onto 4913 . |
| 3 | As Polly took his place he started down the companionway . |
| 4 | Early in his career he turned down the title role in David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia ( eventually played by Peter O'Toole ) after producer Sam Speigel insisted he sign a long-term picture deal . |
| 5 | Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests . |
| 6 | In his extremity he put down the punch he could not hold steadily , and began to handle the half-shaped blocks of stone , dragging them forward and turning them to the light . |