Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] down the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind whipped down the narrow side-streets and alleys , whistling in the wide estuaries . |
| 2 | of cocks sucked down the deep end 's outlet hole , |
| 3 | Scott wandered down the short set of steps to Carol 's door , noticing that there was a pint of milk on the step . |
| 4 | Recognizing the complexities and psychological dangers of this awesome doctrine , most non-Puritan clergy played down the Calvinist theory of salvation to such an extent that many of their parishioners were able to continue to believe that their conduct could influence their destination after death . |
| 5 | Dennis ran down the concrete slope and leapt in as the craft relaunched itself with a loud splash , taking on quite a lot of water . |
| 6 | Her eyes ran down the black jacket to where the man 's watch was half hidden by a white cuff . |
| 7 | If the drains get blocked , this cover can be removed and drain rods pushed down the rodding point to clear them . |
| 8 | Cornelius laid down the unsipped glass . |
| 9 | At that moment Jack Carter and Dougal Munro came down the main staircase . |
| 10 | With a gasp of despair Ruth slammed down the half-empty glass of champagne and covered her face with her hands . |
| 11 | This all reached a peak in 1988 when piss-filled cider bottles rained down the hapless likes of Meatloaf ( who ran away ) and Bonnie Tyler ( who did n't ! ) . |
| 12 | Felipe was still having breakfast when Maggie went down the next morning , and it caught her off guard . |
| 13 | Katherine put down the empty glass with a start , she had n't realized that she had been drinking . |
| 14 | Maggie put down the rolling pin . |
| 15 | But Jack had only one thought as he and Tina ran down the broken tarmac of the estate road , finally arriving breathless at the front door of the Shepherd 's house . |
| 16 | Nicandra pounded down the second flight of the back staircase leading to the ground floor — here one imposing door marked the entrance to the hall , another was the service door into the dining room . |
| 17 | But only Motherwell have shown interest and Hauser turned down the Premier League side after failing to agree personal terms . |
| 18 | Scare stories about Britain 's beaches have abounded since 1976 when an EEC directive laid down the acceptable limits of sewage pollution , the year Wessex Water set about turning the tide of increasingly dirty beaches . |
| 19 | Scunthorpe 's faithful few in a crowd of 7,682 had huddled on the terraces like penguins on an ice floe as the dankness seeped down the Pennine valleys . |
| 20 | Gusts of rain lashed down the narrow alleys ; rickshaws sluiced through the water , more like boats than bicycles . |
| 21 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |
| 22 | Again the danger came down the left flank as Dow passed to Drew Waddell who touched down . |
| 23 | The barmaid turned down the chintzy bed cover . |
| 24 | Sticky tendrils of rain slithered down the semi-steamed windows of the idling Rolls , encouraging a creeping melancholia . |
| 25 | On twenty minutes Dyer stormed down the left wing and sent in a perfect cross . |
| 26 | The question presented itself at yesterday 's Foyle 's lunch in Mayfair , when the distinguished scientist Sir Rudolf Peierls took an early siesta during an interesting speech by Lord Zuckerman , whose new book we were celebrating , and who at that very moment looked down the top table and described Peierls , rightly , as ‘ one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists ever ’ . |
| 27 | The treaty was eventually ratified but the crisis brought down the Kishi government and produced the most widespread political protests of the postwar years . |
| 28 | The ghosts of Bannockburn walked abroad , as Scotland 's rugby team brought down the much-fancied England XV at Murrayfield by 13–7 and scooped all the prizes from the five-nations international championship . |
| 29 | You might say ham put down the Spanish ham . |
| 30 | Cameron shot down the little casement of the window and roared out in his own language , with the whole strength of his voice , ‘ We are here , friends ! |