Example sentences of "[verb] as [art] [noun] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | She surfaced as the car slowed down and turned sharply to the right . |
| 2 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 3 | I was shown to my room , which had a view of the back garden and the Noones ' paddock , where three sheep were grazing as the sun went down . |
| 4 | His long-sighted eyes reflected gold back to the sunset , and the brightness did not fade as the sun went down . |
| 5 | A hooter blasts as the train slows down . |
| 6 | As she stared entranced at her own image , Folly felt a warming in her cheeks , and watched as a flush spread down from face to neck to breasts , dying the tender peaks a deeper hue . |
| 7 | As a tear began to run down his lined face , he pulled the heavy old chain and watched as the water gushed down on the spider . |
| 8 | All the occupants of Teignmouth had fled as the French came ashore and the 500 horse militia which assembled on Haldon [ or Halden ] Hill , some two miles [ 3.2 km ] behind Teignmouth , simply watched as the invaders tore down the thatch from the cottages before setting them on fire . |
| 9 | Fascinated , Mary stood still on the narrow path and watched as the estate-car tore down the slope . |
| 10 | One woman says she heard him scream as the Wheel rolled down the slope . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , thank you , thank you , ’ she said as the tears rushed down her face into the nurse 's hair . |
| 12 | Secondly , how do their watches compare as the train slows down ? ’ |
| 13 | I went circling as the rains came down , the track cleared and all the other initial trialists went home . |
| 14 | ‘ Where are we going first ? ’ she asked as the machine touched down with a bump . |