Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flames licked over the straw , which crackled and flared , and the Wheel was clear of the ramp and bowling gently down the cleared path . |
| 2 | Groups further down the social scale were in a much weaker position than the boyars or the Church to press their interests upon the Grand Prince . |
| 3 | and feathering of forehead descending to a point well down the upper mandible . |
| 4 | The Developmental model of leadership advocated by Banner and Blasingame will require greater responsibility and the identification of leadership lower down the organisational structure than has traditionally been the case within either central or local government . |
| 5 | Each new administration in Washington appoints not only the heads of its departments , or ministries , but also a lot of people further down the departmental ladder . |
| 6 | She stared back at him , refusing to give an inch , then jumped when he leant forward to run a finger softly down the smooth curve of her cheek . |
| 7 | Discontent lower down the social scale was no less intense . |
| 8 | I ran my hand gently down the bumpy back . |
| 9 | Climbing out , stood for a few seconds to let his eyes adjust to the pale moonlight , then he stepped through the gap and began to pick his way carefully down the uneven terrain of the slope , towards the crashed car below . |
| 10 | He rose from the ridiculous chair and made his way carefully down the crowded row , responding politely to those who greeted him by name , noting with carefully repressed surprise that two of the women who gave him private little smiles were seated next to each other , friends who had no idea they had something more than friendship in common . |
| 11 | She heard him picking his way carefully down the spiral staircase at the back of the tenement and stood by the window , looking down into the street . |
| 12 | The clouds had thickened and the moon had gone when I left her house and made my way cautiously down the slippery brick path . |
| 13 | Sperms are too small to contain mitochondria , so mitochondria travel exclusively down the female line , and male bodies are dead ends as far as mitochondrial reproduction is concerned . |
| 14 | Generally speaking , black people hold jobs lower down the socio-economic scale , being under-represented in comparison with whites in non-manual occupations , and over-represented in the less-skilled manual occupations . |
| 15 | He had been on board the Santa Maria some two hours or more working out with the Argentine naval lieutenant and the tug 's engineers just what was required to get the tow safely down the short cut into the Beagle Channel and thence to Ushuaia . |