Example sentences of "down [coord] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He allowed his achievements to be played down or appropriated by George . |
| 2 | The bombers could be brought down or exploded in the air by Surface-to-Air Missiles and SAMS were being turned out like sausages , according to Khrushchev , in order to ring Moscow and other cities . |
| 3 | Then he swooped down and landed on a road near Varadero Beach , right in the middle of evening rush-hour traffic . |
| 4 | Don Mini gave a signal and in five seconds Swan swooped down and landed on the tree . |
| 5 | And she sat down and proceeded to slowly tell Alyssia about herself . |
| 6 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 7 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | Both of us went down and rolled off the hard , wet pavement into the gutter , but it was me who cracked the back of his head en route and me who got a boot in the stomach which even my US Navy parka did little to cushion . |
| 9 | The rambler roses in the garden beyond grew along chains which dipped up and down and swung in the wind between six foot high posts , and a row of strangely shaped lumps of yew , grown hugely out of proportion , ran from the north corner of the house . |
| 10 | family and they put me onto valium , but having worked in psychiatric I knew the results of valium , so I I gradually broke them down and got off them but for six full months I could n't sleep |
| 11 | The doorbell rang loudly ; Claudia put her cup down and got to her feet . |
| 12 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 13 | The coffin had been fastened down and lay on trestles , honey-coloured in the slanting light , awaiting its removal . |
| 14 | Shrugging her superb shoulders , Comfort sat down and waited for his explanation . |
| 15 | He politely turned the girl down and waited to be admitted to Bronson Manolo 's office . |
| 16 | And so Inchbad sat down and beamed at Fenella and said they would be interested to hear her stories and , at the same time , nodded to the waiting Fiachra Broadcrown to get the Fidchell squares ready for the Gnomes . |
| 17 | He put the magazine down and stared into space over my head , smiling wisely as I cleared my throat and flapped the hem of my dressing-gown as unobtrusively as I could . |
| 18 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 19 | I was totally staggered at receiving the letter and sat down and stared at it . |
| 20 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 21 | She sat down and stared at her ice cream . |
| 22 | He put his knife and fork down and stared at his plate . |
| 23 | She looked down and stared at her hands , willing herself to hold on to her sanity . |
| 24 | She murmured good morning , sat down and stared at her open notebook , the tip of her pen poised above the clean page . |
| 25 | She knelt down and stared at the smaller words below it . |
| 26 | Willi put his spoon down and stared at her . |
| 27 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 28 | He hunkered down and looked into his brother 's face . |
| 29 | One afternoon I lay down and looked through a large attic skylight . |
| 30 | The adjutant settled down and looked through his notes . |