Example sentences of "down [coord] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But too long , and Rab , thinking fuck it all , whatever happened , sat down and rolled a fag . |
| 2 | A SPEEDING driver distracted by laughter and loud music in his car ran down and killed a woman delivering pizzas on a moped , an Old Bailey judge heard yesterday . |
| 3 | Why do n't you sit down and read a book for five |
| 4 | The House of Commons Select Committee on the Estimates ( 1958 ) argued that the whole system of Treasury control was breaking down and advocated a committee of inquiry . |
| 5 | well I went down and had a look at it as a kid you know . |
| 6 | Yeah , that 's why you see , we 've converted , put a wall up where the door were and knocked the wall down and had a door into the house |
| 7 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 8 | And that , er it was kind of and the garden was small cos we had it , a quite big garden and you know things like that , I think , and the travelling and everything I think got her down a bit , I know she sat down and had a cry , yeah . |
| 9 | He put the phone down and had a moment 's doubt . |
| 10 | A few years later Peter married , settled down and had a family . |
| 11 | For their next meeting , the enticing mirage of a global exhibition fuelled by their energy , she slowed down and prepared a seduction dinner . |
| 12 | The banker sat down and accepted a cup of tea . |
| 13 | He looked down and saw a man , small , dark , with black hair flowing down to his shoulders , staring up at him . |
| 14 | WHILE HE WAS STILL FEELING THE BRUISES FROM THE HANDLEBARS , Nigel sat down and wrote a story called ‘ The Illegal Divorce , . |
| 15 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
| 16 | His plan was endorsed ; he then sat down and wrote a letter to the Director of Education in Bath Street ; and that gentleman 's reply was positive . |
| 17 | She bent down and took a grip of either side of a crate to steady herself . |
| 18 | . saying what 's that , what 's that so I took , I walked , I walked down and took a photograph of it . |
| 19 | Ruth sat down and took a letter from her pocket . |
| 20 | Georgina bent down and scraped a piece of mud from her sturdy brown shoe . |
| 21 | A khthon bent down and slid a tray across the floor . |
| 22 | We hear of ‘ an elderly woman … set upon by a gang of young ruffians who knocked her down and stole a bag of provisions she was carrying ’ , and in another case a 17-year-old youth was charged with assaulting an elderly woman on Bank Holiday night : ‘ Both her eyes were blackened and there was an abrasion on her nose . ’ |
| 23 | Then he sat down and typed a letter to every agony aunt he had ever heard of . |
| 24 | He bent down and put a hand in the water , and swore when an electric shock ran through his elbow and shoulder . |
| 25 | Seb reached down and put a hand over her mouth . |
| 26 | Pop down and put a bet on for me while I 'm in conference , there 's a love . ’ |
| 27 | The predatory Ritchie chested the ball down and hammered a volley past Lukic . |
| 28 | Only through Cunhaval was she aware of life in the forest and it was not a life-form that encouraged them to slow down and set a trap . |
| 29 | She sat down and poured a glass of orange juice . |
| 30 | Putting an arm round her shoulder , he crouched down and used a stick to draw the meadow in the dirt . |