Example sentences of "down and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 2 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 3 | Both of us went down and rolled off the hard , wet pavement into the gutter , but it was me who cracked the back of his head en route and me who got a boot in the stomach which even my US Navy parka did little to cushion . |
| 4 | The cab came from a Massey-Ferguson 1200 and cost £600 , and a solid steel radiator surround from the same model was turned upside down and fitted to the new tractor . |
| 5 | The rambler roses in the garden beyond grew along chains which dipped up and down and swung in the wind between six foot high posts , and a row of strangely shaped lumps of yew , grown hugely out of proportion , ran from the north corner of the house . |
| 6 | Well , no the other day he said if I 'm really that bad you just tell me and I 'll go down and sleep on the sofa . |
| 7 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 8 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 9 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 10 | More than any other comfort his delighted kisses in return soothed her and eventually she was able to put him down and go into the kitchen to speak to Teresa about the day 's duties . |
| 11 | After a while , the bedroom door opened and they heard Mother and the visitor come down and go into the front room of the house . |
| 12 | Now he knelt down and looked at the dead girl curiously . |
| 13 | Remembering a detail with sudden clarity , Charles knelt down and looked at the left-hand side of the front bumper . |
| 14 | Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled . |
| 15 | Now , you 've all been down and looked at the state of the playground below . |
| 16 | Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach . |
| 17 | This produced a laugh which unfortunately brought on such a fit of coughing that Wilson was obliged to put Pilade down and attend to the invalid as though she were still her maid . |
| 18 | Asked in interviews about his parents , Crawford tells the story of his RAF sergeant-pilot father who was shot down and killed during the Second World War , before his birth . |
| 19 | They issued in , among many other reforms , the Education Act of 1918 , introduced by Lloyd George 's Minister of Education , H. A. L. Fisher ( who was knocked down and killed in the black-out in April 1940 ) . |
| 20 | There were brown bears here as recently as the 10th century , and the last wolf was hunted down and killed in the 18th century . |
| 21 | With 92 other offences taken into consideration , including arson , blackmail , three sendings-off and a professional foul , Proby was sent down and dismissed by the club . |
| 22 | ‘ I sat down and said to the doctor ‘ So I have cancer ’ and he said ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 23 | Margaret Stanhope put down the telephone , stood up , smoothed her tight skirt down and knocked on the door next to her desk . |
| 24 | Yes , I do n't like to go down and knock on the door really . |
| 25 | These sections will be broken down and explained by the lecturer , and further understood in your reading . |
| 26 | The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone . |
| 27 | With a smile he put the rifle down and reached for the next in the stack at his side . |
| 28 | She placed the receiver down and reached to the table top , picking up the silenced gun and holding it gently in both hands . |
| 29 | There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television . |
| 30 | Resignedly he put his quill down and went to the bedroom . |