Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I wrote down the dream , I realised that I was already ‘ bored stiff with my proposed project , and should choose another topic . |
| 2 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 3 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 4 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 5 | you know I remember ever so clearly , when I worked down the Totexas , Dentons |
| 6 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 7 | My second brother and I , self-conscious teenagers of the Sixties , were sometimes embarrassed when she wound down the window of her car and addressed a shepherd or a forester in her clear , carrying , Edwardian accent . |
| 8 | NURSE Kim Leach seemed every inch an angel when she swept down the aisle as the Daily Mirror 's Bride of the Year . |
| 9 | He was non-committal about her chances of complete recovery , and Sara felt a little sick and uneasy when she put down the phone . |
| 10 | When we went down the south of France we saw lizards like that on the walls . |
| 11 | Video producer Rob Small reveals : ‘ When we took down the lighting rig at the end of the shoot soot from the candles left black patches on the ceiling . |
| 12 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 13 | No on when it came down the bag missed the hanger instead of one bit going each side of the hanger so that the clothes were inside |
| 14 | Meanwhile police are trying to find out who was driving the car when it travelled down the country lane to Stonebench . |
| 15 | Mooney scored the goal of the game when he burst down the left and hit a low shot into the far corner . |
| 16 | A BUSINESSMAN 'S van was purring when he drove down the A1 in East Lothian . |
| 17 | When he came down the alley toward the club 's stage door he could see that there were three rough-looking teenagers who 'd clambered up the side of one of the big waste bins and were lifting stuff around inside . |
| 18 | When he drew down the top of the blanket Laura gave a cry , staggering where she stood . |
| 19 | I am employing the kind of argument that has been used to resist demands that God prove Himself by miraculous interventions of some form — demands that in Christian tradition Christ himself refused to satisfy when he turned down the Pharisees ' request for a ‘ sign ’ and asked that they have faith instead . |
| 20 | He had , in a way , shown her the path , as Hansel did when he put down the pebbles which guided his sister and himself back home . |
| 21 | But when he put down the phone , he was wearing what Celia called his crisis face . |
| 22 | When he put down the phone , he said , " Really , sir , you make me feel that I 'm behaving like a suspect . " |
| 23 | When he put down the papers at last he looked abstracted . |