Example sentences of "down her [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When her mother came and sat beside her , twisting her fingers nervously and pulling on and off her gloves , lifting and laying down her basket in agitation , Lily rallied a little . |
| 2 | If people were not to assume she was talking down to them she had to speed up her presentation and tone down her air of authority . |
| 3 | As it was , she forced down her sense of humour and began to explain what Joe had done , how he had blocked the holes and netted the gate and chased the hare out with Ferry . |
| 4 | Ellen put down her cup of coffee and stared at me as though I had gone completely mad . |
| 5 | Kāli threw down her bunch of ragwort and it landed , splayed out limply , on the top . |
| 6 | But Cad took in their neglect of her sister , and she put down her piece of bread steadily and stood to leave . |
| 7 | No need to be constantly laying down her book in case Mrs Braithwaite should catch her reading and name her " studious ' again . |