Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He peered uneasily down the dark tunnel at the end of the platform and remembered something else from their past : Mother Bernie and her holes in the universe , the holes that let the Evil in . |
| 2 | Summoning all her reserves , she swam forcefully down the whole length of the pool , and back again , gradually realising that she felt fitter than she had done for ages . |
| 3 | Toy trucks moved between hangars ; a minute tractor drove slowly down the main runway . |
| 4 | The mix is pumped gently down the inner tube , out through the bottom and up the outer tube . |
| 5 | State-sponsored housing began to reach further down the social scale than previously and house building under subsidy began to increase in the later 1920s . |
| 6 | Zambia was answering the robot 's questions about hir gender state when Tammuz sauntered lankily down the colonnaded walkway , hands in pockets . |
| 7 | Seconds later it was her turn as Travis 's large hand echoed her own movement , gliding silkily down the undulating length of her back , hip and thigh , sending frissons of pleasure dancing along her nerve-ends . |
| 8 | She plunged instantly down the slippery incline . |
| 9 | A ship was moving slowly down the main channel , its engines throbbing in the stillness . |
| 10 | When her aunt was dressed she walked slowly down the narrow staircase in front of her in case , in her weak state , she should stumble . |
| 11 | Five minutes later Léonie walked carefully down the stone-flagged passage into the kitchen . |
| 12 | She has discovered that a boundary line for consumption of non-staple household goods existed even across the bequeathing classes , and has cautioned against accepting much contemporary opinion that the " luxury " market had reached well down the social scale . |
| 13 | Voices echoed flatly down the long hall . |
| 14 | But she had her fair share of steel in her make-up , and she made a vow to herself which echoed eerily down the lonesome length of the lake . |
| 15 | What made the victory all the more memorable for the 21-year-old was that he beat three-times champion and Chelmsford AC clubmate Dave Tullett , who was closing fast down the back straight . |
| 16 | Three years ago the agency was clearly struggling for profitability , coming well down the annual leagaue table for the industry prepared by accountants Spicer and Oppenheim . |
| 17 | He opened the door , peering out over Kirov 's shoulder ant glancing furtively down the empty stairway . |
| 18 | Many after all had served in households not much better than their own , for servant-keeping reached well down the social scale . |
| 19 | He marched purposefully down the central aisle of the ward until he found the sister . |
| 20 | She remembered halfway down the rickety ladder stairs , but for would have been a final indignity . |
| 21 | Sex equality slipped far down the political agenda and women had to fight hard to retain the rights they had won in the 1960s and 1970s on abortion , welfare benefits , maternity and employment rights . |
| 22 | Tears coursed down her cheeks and she ran blindly down the wild jungle of the grounds parallel to the thicket . |
| 23 | Holding his young son in front of him in a sort of cruel parody of his wedding procession , he was humiliatingly marched publicly down the full length of the new Chandni Chowk . |
| 24 | The hours slid slowly down the great entropy slope of the universe . |
| 25 | But now let us climb slowly down the stratigraphical column to see what other widespread facies we can find . |
| 26 | They laughed , and skied happily down the white snow . |