Example sentences of "he [vb past] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He plunged down for an interminable second , arms and legs splayed out in abandon , forgotten , tumbling anyhow , and crashed onto the stage on his back , lying across Bothwell , whose cloak was the colour of blood . |
| 2 | With that , he hopped down from the rock , leaving its previous occupant free rein over the throng . |
| 3 | He loped down into the basement , dusted off half a dozen bottles of beer and brought them up , found glasses and an opener and took them into the living-room on a tray . |
| 4 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 5 | He got down to the serious matter of explaining to the gnomes that the intricate , almost scholarly , Fidchell that the Wolfkings had enjoyed , bore no resemblance to the horrid gruesome version that the Gruagach played . |
| 6 | He got down off the cart to pick a leaf from a roadside bush , and hoisting himself back into his seat resumed his journey , sucking on the leaf as he started to explain . |
| 7 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 8 | There 'll be nobody in at this hour ! ’ he repeated loudly , to the men behind as he got down from the jeep . |
| 9 | He got down from the cab . |
| 10 | He got down from the wall and walked on . |
| 11 | He got down from the jeep and walked into the villa , his shirt crumpled , and his footsteps weary . |
| 12 | He gazed down at the bunker , head bent and quiet , as though paying his respects . |
| 13 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 14 | When he was clear of the goat herds and the sheep that grazed around the village , he moved down to the river that was a tributary of the distant Tigris . |
| 15 | Again and again he bore down on the Annamese woman and as his movements quickened he kept his gaze fixed challengingly on Flavia Sherman 's face . |
| 16 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 17 | To steady himself he sank down on the side of the bed . |
| 18 | He sank down into a chair opposite Hari . |
| 19 | He got to his feet in one sinuous movement , stretching hugely , his arms above his head , before he sank down in the chair opposite . |
| 20 | It caught him full in the middle of his back , throwing him into the air before he crashed down on the cobbles . |
| 21 | He bent down beside the stone and reached out to touch and trace the indented lettering . |
| 22 | He knelt down beside the dog , staring into her face in the meagre light from the outer stairway . |
| 23 | With a meekness that made her feel mean , he knelt down on the floor and started to gather his cuttings together . |
| 24 | He knelt down on the sheet . |
| 25 | He knelt down by a familiar mound and after a moment 's hesitation yanked out the cross that he had placed at the head of the grave . |
| 26 | As he knelt down by the fire with a hare leg to gnaw , Farquhar Neas studied her again . |
| 27 | He knelt down by the pool . |
| 28 | He knelt down in the constricted space . |
| 29 | Jack hit a few shots and when the headmaster had disappeared around the corner he strolled down to the green and dropped three or four balls into the hole ‘ just to make sure ’ . |
| 30 | He twisted down into the chair , holding his head and keeping it averted from the window . |