Example sentences of "down [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WELL and truly ramped , the Tokyo stockmarket is about to shut down for Japan 's annual Golden Week holiday . |
| 2 | Yeah , that 's it , double cooker actually , gon na try , get some flooring down for Colin 's mum , just gon na put some cheap lino down for now |
| 3 | well she came down for Keith 's sake , she came down to Bournemouth for holidays and erm like it so much she brought the company . |
| 4 | She began to wriggle down off Contralto 's back . |
| 5 | On the ground a sheep lay , its four feet tied together , its head flat on the stones , held down between Anderson 's boots its white , frightened eyes were turning upwards Anderson stood above it . |
| 6 | Ian McGeechan , who stepped down as Scotland 's coach this month , had already been appointed as Lions ' coach against the All-Blacks . |
| 7 | Ian McGeechan , who stepped down as Scotland 's coach this month , had already been appointed as Lions ' coach against the All-Blacks . |
| 8 | He had put her down as Tiffany 's successor . |
| 9 | The mantle of scapegoat was passed down through Scotland 's goal keeping history from Martin to Haffey , to Kennedy to Rough and then to the most unlikely scapegoat , the Aberdeen and Manchester United goalkeeper Jim Leighton . |
| 10 | Even as he closed the door behind him , the thallium was on its way down through Donald 's oesophagus , slithering towards his stomach and digestive tract , where his body chemicals would turn it into a disease Donald would have difficulty in recognizing . |
| 11 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 12 | The dark-haired vibrancer pulled the shirt down past Lucien 's shoulders and stepped back , gazing at a point beyond Lucien 's shoulder , perhaps at the priest behind . |
| 13 | The Great Barrier Reef stretches from the extreme north-east of Australia , down past Queensland 's Daintree forest and undeveloped coast , to peter out some 2,000 kilometres to the south . |
| 14 | He staggered slowly towards the Monument and at last sat down opposite Jack 's stepfather with painful slowness . |
| 15 | She looked left , down towards Pook 's stables . |
| 16 | This is the Hotel Rodeo at Garoteo where we stayed , where we Rosetto where we stayed on our way down towards Tony 's . |
| 17 | We race across Lliwedd on frost rimed ledges and hurl ourselves down towards Llydaw 's outlet , slipping on frozen streamlets , crashing down scree , pausing to drink the silence . |
| 18 | Down near Queen 's Boys |
| 19 | She carried the two steaming mugs into the lounge , setting one down near George 's elbow . |
| 20 | Her frustrated jumping , which sent her thick , straight , dark hair — Anna 's hair — flying up and down like dog 's ears , was no more than a maddened expression of how she felt when reminded of school , of a world where she was doomed to remain odd . |
| 21 | The swords met again in another violent discharge of magic and , at the same time , Lio ! rt brought his other hand down against Rincewind 's head , jarring him so hard that one foot jerked out of its ring and flailed desperately . |
| 22 | You have now settled down with Bria 's mother , model Nicole Mitchell . |
| 23 | At the end , Josey settles down with Eastwood 's then-girlfriend Sondra Locke , whose public split with him is reflected in Unforgiven by the death of Bill Munny 's wife , the influence who led him away from violence . |
| 24 | But it came down with Churchill 's head showing . |
| 25 | If you 've got no choice but to get out and walk then you are gon na have to do that , and that 's all very well being a day like today , where it 's not pouring down with rain er , you 're not walking in a pitch black area , but if you do suddenly change that and you put it into those sort of , well that sort of scenario you 'll find it 's very , very , frightening . |
| 26 | I lay down with Francis 's caftan in my hands . |
| 27 | They permitted me to go down into Tara 's Sorcery Chambers for this . |
| 28 | But dutifully she passed the bundle down into Rachaela 's cold white arms . |
| 29 | I jump softly down into Richardson 's front garden . |
| 30 | ‘ No , ’ said Philip , looking straight down into Lee 's open mouth . |