Example sentences of "down her [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel Lavender laid down her dessert spoon . |
| 2 | She put on a coat , took down her walking cane which hung behind the door and then we left . |
| 3 | Meryl gulped down her orange juice in an effort to subdue the mental image of Norman Pinder avidly turning the pages of his favourite Sunday newspaper , his eyes popping out even further , if that were possible . |
| 4 | She laid down her orange juice . |
| 5 | She packed Stella off home in a taxi , though not before interrogating her as to what she was doing with a six-inch wooden crucifix wedged down her ankle sock . |
| 6 | ‘ Miss Broome , ’ said Ianthe firmly , putting down her shopping basket which was beginning to feel very heavy . |
| 7 | She was looking decidedly worried as she put down her shopping bag . |
| 8 | Mr Kinnock reminded her that the non-TUC Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel , ‘ the kind of organisation she likes ’ , had by five to one turned down her pay offer . |
| 9 | She had been unpopular with militant nationalists , who suspected her of being too conciliatory towards Moscow , and they voted down her price rise proposals on the grounds that they might prove socially divisive and thus weaken Lithuania 's resistance to Soviet pressure . |
| 10 | With a sigh , she leaned against it , laying down her champagne glass , then closed her eyes and forced herself to breathe deeply and slowly . |
| 11 | He ran his hand down her shoulder blade . |
| 12 | Benny put down her school bag and went on a tour of inspection . |
| 13 | ‘ I think , ’ Anna said a minute later , setting down her brass burden on the kitchen table , ‘ I think I have had a little revelation . ’ |
| 14 | Comfort put down her wine glass with a snap , her smile shrinking like a jersey boiled in washing soda . |
| 15 | Robyn demanded , slapping down her wine glass on to the table . |
| 16 | She slammed down her wine glass on the table and held her palms out to him . |
| 17 | Kate put down her coffee cup and looked at her ex-husband . |
| 18 | She put down her coffee cup and , nodding at Ratchette , followed Caitlin from the office . |
| 19 | Anna put down her coffee mug , stubbed out her cigarette , lit another , then stretched to pick up a book from her bedside-table . |
| 20 | Laying down her coffee mug with a decisive thud , she got to her feet and strode with her usual long-legged grace to the dining-room . |
| 21 | ‘ All right now ? ’ the saviour-of-the-day adjusts her mirror-lensed sunglasses , yanks down her hat brim , shrugs off the gratitude laconically . |
| 22 | Shelley came out of her dream , and tried to play down her starstruck behaviour . |
| 23 | She was sure this was some trick of Zuleika 's to get her off-balance , slow down her reaction time . |
| 24 | He turned to reach down her fleecy cream jacket from the stand in the corner and held it out for her . |
| 25 | She put down her leather dressing-case the dark green one with a strap across the lid — that went with her on train journeys , and began to untie the knotted napkins . |
| 26 | She had seen it in any case and she was not Sairellen Thackray who would look down her granite nose at him and sneer . |