Example sentences of "down the centre [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shot aimed down the centre of the fairway will probably drift into the water hazard so the key here is to aim away , down the left-hand side . |
| 2 | All the motorways were cleared and our sixteen car motorcade cruised down the centre of the freeway at 6Omph . |
| 3 | You can do all your homework and be in the right swim during a feeding spell and then still miss the fish if you , for example , put all your baits under the far bank and the pack is moving up and down the centre of the drain or close to the near bank which in my experience is quite common . |
| 4 | Rightly , the decoration is simple and understated ; a single thin black line separating the spruce from the maple binding , a well-proportioned herringbone soundhole rosette , a marquetry stripe down the centre of the back and small pearl dot-markers running up the fingerboard . |
| 5 | Both guitars have solid spruce tops , although the D-32's is closer-grained and prettier , and both are bound in faintly-flamed maple for a combination of looks and durability , with a decorative maple stripe down the centre of the back . |
| 6 | Continuing their tradition of affordable limited-edition guitars , Martin 's special 1993-model D-16 is the D-16H , an all-mahogany dreadnought with herringbone trim around the soundhole and down the centre of the back . |
| 7 | Tickling in the pit of the throat or down the centre of the chest to the stomach , causes coughing and may be with a congested head and wrenching pains in the right of the chest . |
| 8 | Running down the centre of the Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism , there were rows of ornate street lights . |
| 9 | Your spine runs down the centre of the body , so the corresponding foot reflex will be found running down the inside edge of both feet . |
| 10 | She lived in the Palestinian camp at Rashidiyeh , a wretched four square miles of breeze-block huts and cabins relieved only by the occasional tree , a straggling plant hanging from a poorly made brick wall and an open sewer that snaked uneasily down the centre of the mud roads . |
| 11 | Fifth Avenue , sliced right down the centre of the island , felt liberatingly airy because of the gigantic proportions of every shape and space . |
| 12 | The Robemaker moved forward , prodding Nuadu onwards and , as they moved down the centre of the Workshop , the blazing furnaces roaring on each side of them , Nuadu felt his skin already shrivelling from the heat . |
| 13 | She saw sacks of meal and gleaming dates , boxes of over-ripe figs with the seeds oozing out , and she stepped carefully over a stream of something unthinkable that ran down the centre of the street . |
| 14 | The beds are cramped together along the walls and down the centre of the ward . |
| 15 | The operator will keep this beam aimed at the target while the missile , which has sensitive detectors at its back end , will steer down the centre of the beam . |
| 16 | An indeterminate mass of concrete and steel plunged down the centre of the stairwell , exploding like a bomb on the ground floor below . |