Example sentences of "down [prep] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulled on the refrigerator door , which opened with a slight squeak , and crouched down behind it to assess the produce on the brightly-lit shelves . |
| 2 | Dickinson had burned one and gone down with it to confirm the kill . |
| 3 | Ropes let down into it seem to go down forever , coins dropped never make a sound , etc . |
| 4 | A fiery cloud rushed towards him , and down from it leaped the horse that had sucked dragon 's milk and eaten glowing coals . |
| 5 | The ash raining down from it added to the misery of the people in the area — the Sir Robert Sale reported lumps the size of pumpkins falling on her decks , and she was at least forty kilometres distant . |
| 6 | You know at the top it was like sloping down here and the car 's like this and I 'm having to try and get the car back down without it toppling over and it was an abs |
| 7 | I shall build a great fire , and lie down on it to die . |
| 8 | John pulled a chair forward with a violent , angry gesture and sat down on it facing away from me with his arms along its back . |
| 9 | She stood to one side as the woman got up and , casting the strait-jacket aside , went across to the cot , bending down over it to lift and cradle the child . |
| 10 | My Exhilarator visor was still in the grass where I 'd left it and I sat down beside it to take stock of my stings , bruises and cuts . |