Example sentences of "i [verb] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 2 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 3 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 4 | I fought down an impulse to kiss it . |
| 5 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 6 | ‘ Could n't I stay down a bit longer , please ? ’ |
| 7 | I passed down the ward and opened a door at the end of a passage . |
| 8 | So I got down an entry , eating it . |
| 9 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 10 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 11 | But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough . |
| 12 | I changed down an octave on ‘ … time , and the living is eas … ’ and up again on ‘ … sy . ' ’ |
| 13 | I wandered down the Rue de la Carbière then I heard the first soul-searing howl : the wolves were back in Paris , hunting for whatever they could find . |
| 14 | I retched down the front of my T-shirt and Scamp stepped back , but it did n't stop his flow . |
| 15 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 16 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 17 | I slammed down the receiver . |
| 18 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 19 | I gulp down the orange drink and order another one . |
| 20 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 21 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 22 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 23 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 24 | Well , then how do you explain the night I put down a copy of Viz , turned on the telly , and settled in for what I thought would be a programme of smart , irreverent comedy ? |
| 25 | I put down a bit less than I had been drinking . |
| 26 | So I put down a hundred thousand in cash and took out an eighty-thousand mortgage . ’ |
| 27 | I am sharply aware of every move I make , each crack of sound as I put down a cup , each dull ring as I move a spoon , each splash of water , squeak of the tap , thud of my shoe on the floor . |
| 28 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 29 | Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement , I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon . |
| 30 | I put down the Mail , opened the Telegraph and found the same tale , though told in less lurid terms . |