Example sentences of "she [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laid down the seed packets for emphasis . |
| 2 | She laid down the printing frame that she held . |
| 3 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 4 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 5 | Aunt Tossie had a faint dribble of desire at the corners of her mouth when , at length , she laid down the slate pencil and rose from her chair to face Mrs Geary , her companion in what was to be an immortal triumph : its finale that most acceptable of puddings before diets and regimens were conceived : a really beautiful Trifle . |
| 6 | She laid down the phone with a small sigh of relief . |
| 7 | She laid down the brush and faced Shae directly . |
| 8 | She laid down the phone and leaned back against the pillows . |
| 9 | As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that . |
| 10 | Angrily , she fought down the urge to turn , and kept her eye on the bead of light , willing the pathetic creature beyond to come to it . |
| 11 | She felt rage flood through her and she fought down the impulse to scream — that was just what he was waiting for . |
| 12 | She fought down the lump in her throat , and summoned a smile as Rose came quickly forward , drawing the animal 's bark . |
| 13 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 14 | She processed down the aisle proceeded by a uniformed , white gloved bearer of the University mace and Tom Husband the V.C. Everybody 's head turned to see her . |
| 15 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 16 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 17 | Hair , streaked with the colours of the sun , tumbled down her back and over her shoulders and swung in waves as she shimmied down the catwalk . |
| 18 | She staggered down the gangway , shell-shocked , and walked home feeling as if she was floating on air but as Saturday approached the nervousness began . |
| 19 | Dressed completely in black , she moved down the hall like some silent spider and stood over the coroner . |
| 20 | She crashed down the four steps , ending up in a heap on the landing . |
| 21 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 22 | Taking out a pencil , she noted down the number on a piece of paper , and then peeped cautiously into the back of the car . |
| 23 | As she roared down the village street , Werewolf unlocked the BMW . |
| 24 | As she walked to the weighing room , she gulped down the three pills . |
| 25 | After the stale fug in the tiny cabin , she gulped down the clean sea air , the car window wide open . |
| 26 | She gulped down the proffered glass of Coca-Cola quickly . |
| 27 | She gulped down the Martini offered to her and sat down on the sofa by Penelope , who edged away into her corner , recognising in Robina Fairfax 's shapeless grey woollen dress and strings of painted wooden beads the kind of woman she sometimes met at her landlady 's ‘ evenings ’ . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | At random , she lifted down the volume for 1977 . |
| 30 | She slammed down the window and told Betty to go back to bed . |