Example sentences of "down and [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian arrived , with his girlfriend and another friend , who seemed to realize that I needed to calm down and offered to walk around the building with me . |
| 2 | " He smells like barley rained down and left to rot in the fields . |
| 3 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 4 | Richie took the James Braid putter out , laid the bag down and went to confer with Sir Bryan about the line of his putt . |
| 5 | I dusted myself down and went to talk with my boss . |
| 6 | Uncle knew what he was doing when he said you 'd have to show you were serious about settling down and getting married in order to inherit . |
| 7 | So it is worth sitting down and trying to think of a few ideas . |
| 8 | She reached down and began tickling towards his groin , and he broke away . |
| 9 | We were both thrown down and began to roll across the deck , but I was on my feet first and climbed up into the sails , hand over hand . |
| 10 | Then she put her cup down and began to speak in a soft , sad , dreaming voice that seemed to weave a spell of silence in the room . |
| 11 | Some of the poems were written down and became known to the outside world before the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | Thornton was eventually smoothed down and persuaded to stay on condition that the paper find a Chairman at once — a reputable businessman whose name could be used instead of his . |
| 13 | ‘ Sit down and try to relax for a minute . ’ |
| 14 | It is now daylight and another new day , as we continue to trudge along the road ; there is no conversation , it 's just heads down and continue to look at the boots of the man in front . |
| 15 | We and i it 's , when we had sprouts it used to get its hind legs and pull them down and start ploughing at them . |
| 16 | Dexter 's toes suddenly flopped down and stayed glued to the floor . |
| 17 | The the options seem to me , as Mr Mr said that the thing had got so convoluted and confused that the simple option seemed to be close it all down and I I would imagine that groups , other than ourselves who 've had people like me in the group who 've said why are this thing coming up again , let's close it down and have done with it . |
| 18 | The man bent down and tried to speak to them ; the twins smiled sweetly and returned to their game . |
| 19 | Eventually he tied it down and sat muttering about it being typical behaviour of suitcases and that they were not to be trusted . |
| 20 | As he stepped down and turned to kneel before the altar , he directed a swift , appraising glance at the ‘ all ’ . |
| 21 | As soon as they were amongst the shuttered houses of Edinburgh , Corbett slowed down and turned to grin at the pale , terrified face of Ranulf . |
| 22 | And we put that in cos otherwise that 'll come down and get jammed in the printer head . |
| 23 | She felt childishly petulant as soon as she said it , and he looked at her wryly , putting the brush down and coming to stand in front of her . |
| 24 | Bawdiness has been toned down and feasting reduced to sadly impersonal uniformity . |
| 25 | Utd ( which I was totally amazed about when I read it in the newspaper ) he seems to have settled down and appears to put in more effort . |
| 26 | Fall down and crawl left under the wall , push the crate left onto the button and jump up through the roof , go up , left , up on the lift , right , and then fall down , go under the lift and go left to collect the object , go right , up on the lift , left under the wall , up through the roof , up , left , up on the lift , left , push the crate left onto the button , go left along the conveyor belt , go left and collect the battery , now go down as far as possible and enter the door to complete the level . |
| 27 | They sat down and started to look through the movie tapes , Zambia interjecting the odd question here and there . |