Example sentences of "who [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was also he who scribbled down the title ‘ Deeply Dippy ’ one evening when he heard the phrase used in a Fry and Laurie exchange on Jeeves And Wooster . |
2 | I think there was somebody called who came down the isle and gave a couple of balloons . |
3 | It was they , not we , who threw down the challenge . |
4 | Sir Walter , who hunted down the hart , is therefore a lesser Ancient Mariner . |
5 | ‘ Do you remember what I told you , about the woman who called down the curse on your many-times great-grandmother . ’ |
6 | ‘ Or Ted Allen who fell down the inspection pit ? ’ |
7 | The sages who lay down the law in this party have always said that if Ms Aloni left education , where she was ‘ poisoning the innocent souls of Israel 's children ’ , they could contemplate joining Mr Rabin . |
8 | Michael Heseltine , The Man Who Brought Down Mrs Thatcher , and last week the man who brought down the house in a dazzling Commons performance . |
9 | ‘ Father Abbot , I 'm back from Longner without much gained , for neither of the young men who brought down the timber has anything of note to tell . |
10 | ’ You are the one who brought down the spymaster of Aldebaran ? |
11 | The troops who lined the streets at his execution kept the spectators out of earshot , but on the platform were two clerks who took down the King 's last speech in shorthand and , somewhat surprisingly , it was published in the London newspapers . |
12 | Back at the games table he sat down in his straight-backed chair and stared across at Ajayi , who put down the slate she was studying . |
13 | Normally a solemn and serious part of the Catholic liturgy of the Mass , on this occasion its solemnity and seriousness were somewhat dented by the sudden arrival of a very pretty little girl of about four or five , who ran down the centre aisle towards the priest , her pig-tails flying , calling , ‘ Zio Padee ! |
14 | He was discovered by a delivery driver , Scott Christie , 25 , who flagged down the ambulance . |