Example sentences of "she [vb past] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 2 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 3 | She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly . |
| 4 | After the stale fug in the tiny cabin , she gulped down the clean sea air , the car window wide open . |
| 5 | She lifted down the big suitcase from the top of the wardrobe , and , placing it on the bed , began to fill it , folding the garments as carefully as Isabelle would have done . |
| 6 | She drove down the wide west London avenue . |
| 7 | Out of the window , as she hastened down the spiral staircase , Mildred saw the fires which were being lit in the ruins of the old castle where the celebrations were always held . |
| 8 | She turned down The Fabulous Baker Boys , a film which made Michelle Pfeiffer an international superstar and an Oscar nominee , because ‘ I felt it was n't right for me ’ . |
| 9 | Shrugging , she turned down the right-hand one , looking for ‘ likely doors ’ . |
| 10 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 11 | She walked down the long red-carpeted aisle of St Paul 's Cathedral a commoner . |
| 12 | As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun . |
| 13 | She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind . |
| 14 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 15 | Then her hands began to shake so she put down the half-eaten cake , very aware that his face was full of emotion , belying the quietness of his voice . |
| 16 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 17 | In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’ |
| 18 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 19 | Dry-mouthed , she smoothed down the shimmering folds of her robe with fingers that shook slightly . |