Example sentences of "he [vb past] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scullions ahead of him got down off their stools and waddled away , disappearing in the kitchens ' foggy wastes . |
| 2 | Chapman 's absolute authority over the team and his concern for their performance on the field was highlighted by the firm rule he laid down for match days . |
| 3 | He beamed down at his own plate , then cast a glance of concern at hers , a plain grilled escalope with tomatoes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head . |
| 6 | With that , he hopped down from the rock , leaving its previous occupant free rein over the throng . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | When he got down to Punctuality and Considerateness as a Driver , he decided to give up and improvise . |
| 10 | Books were obviously supernumerary , and he began jettisoning them until he got down to those two which every guest on ‘ Desert Island Discs ’ is furnished with as a bare , civilised minimum : the Bible and Shakespeare . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | After the obligatory preamble on the weather he got down to business . |
| 13 | Anyway , he waffled on for a little while about everything that did n't matter and then … ’ she swallowed ‘ … then he got down to it and told me about everything that did . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He got down on his knees behind the drawer and I heard tape rip . |
| 16 | I was milking my goats in the field , and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot . |
| 17 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 18 | He got down on his knees again , feet supported on the joist behind ; his knees gave sharp twinges of pain , taking almost all his weight . |
| 19 | So he got down on his knees , too , and rested his elbows on Bill Brice 's coffee-table , and closed his eyes completely . |
| 20 | He got down on his hands and knees and tried to rub out the muddy footprints . |
| 21 | But he got down in two more , for a bogey five , and then the chasers , Langer and David Graham , found they had run out of puff . |
| 22 | There 'll be nobody in at this hour ! ’ he repeated loudly , to the men behind as he got down from the jeep . |
| 23 | Then he got down from his chair and went to stand by Hepzibah . |
| 24 | He got down from the cab . |
| 25 | He got down from the wall and walked on . |
| 26 | He got down from the jeep and walked into the villa , his shirt crumpled , and his footsteps weary . |
| 27 | At last he released her , setting her back on her feet as he gazed down into her strangely unfocused eyes . |
| 28 | Her voice held the anguish of years , and his eyes darkened as he gazed down into her tortured face . |
| 29 | He gazed down into her emerald eyes . |
| 30 | He gazed down at the bunker , head bent and quiet , as though paying his respects . |