Example sentences of "down [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , on several occasions after he left , he would come down to sort out a problem for us . |
| 2 | She kicked aside some of the mess , bent down to pick up a crisp packet , dropped it again and leaned against a wall , overwhelmed . |
| 3 | Her life-long friend , Catherine Quinn , 23 , escaped serious injury because she had bent down to pick up a 20p piece , and she was flung over hand railings . |
| 4 | I turned the boat into the first drift and bent down to pick up the rods . |
| 5 | Just as I was about ashore , I bent down to pick up the ball , getting a wet sleeve in the process . |
| 6 | ‘ Thanks , Mister Tom , ’ and he bent down to pick up the book with the marmalade cat in it . |
| 7 | She 'd bent down to pick up the purchases at her feet , and as she rose again she 'd caught sight of a face she knew , looking straight at her through the moving mesh of people . |
| 8 | Christina kneeled down to pick up the handle of a cup . |
| 9 | He bent down to pick up the photograph which was what had fallen . |
| 10 | She reached down to pick up the sweater she had thrown on to her own oilskins . |
| 11 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 12 | Sixty seconds before the interval , Smith restored Hadleigh 's lead in a goalmouth scramble after a succession of shots had been charged down to set up a thrilling second-half . |
| 13 | Mr Popple unravelled some toilet-paper and threw it down to cover up the spider as it was thrown against the ceramic sides of the bowl . |
| 14 | Steve suggested drily , bending down to mop up the water at her feet . |
| 15 | ‘ I called the NRA and they sent someone down to soak up the oil from the surface with sheets of foam . |
| 16 | We were just looking for a suitable warren to send our ferrets down to flush out the occupants . |
| 17 | Even Willis 's appearance , the spiky short black hair and the prize-fighter 's countenance , had not changed much since he had played truant from Elementary school and gone down to hang about the docks . |
| 18 | Go down go down a level for the first |
| 19 | I 'm giving you a pen now copy them out and do n't spill it , Deana sit down move up a bit . |
| 20 | Human Touch ( Columbia ) is the worst : an hour of express-way roar with only the odd shift down to break up the nose-to-bumper raunch . |
| 21 | Maxim put the camera down picked up a poker from the hearth and started for the stairway . |
| 22 | But surely , sitting down working out the legality of it , working out sensible practical things is a much more sensible way of proving you love somebody , and that you 're you 're genuine about it ! |
| 23 | Now it 's all hands to the deck for the close friends as they knuckle down to bring back the sparkle that has been missing down at Hamilton Park for the past few seasons . |
| 24 | She shouted things they could not understand before lying face down covering up the words : |