Example sentences of "i [vb past] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 2 | I fought down an impulse to kiss it . |
| 3 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 4 | I passed down the ward and opened a door at the end of a passage . |
| 5 | So I got down an entry , eating it . |
| 6 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 7 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 8 | I changed down an octave on ‘ … time , and the living is eas … ’ and up again on ‘ … sy . ' ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I retched down the front of my T-shirt and Scamp stepped back , but it did n't stop his flow . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 13 | I slammed down the receiver . |
| 14 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 17 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 18 | I played down a ball from Merv Hughes . |
| 19 | I wafted down the face and traced out an elegant arc with my bottom turn , squirting a fountain of spume from my rail as I flew back up and pirouetted on the lip . |
| 20 | I drove down the afternoon before and was put up in a small hotel near the studios . |
| 21 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 22 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 23 | I dropped down the slope through a mixture of snow and rocks . |
| 24 | It returned even after I stripped down the tank and started again . |
| 25 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 26 | I shook down the thermometer . |
| 27 | ‘ I climbed down the banking and took this photograph . |
| 28 | Upon receiving a degree which would allow me to undertake research , I turned down a place which I had been offered to study theology , and went to Oxford . |
| 29 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 30 | I turned down a couple of T V series cos I did n't feel I was right for them . |