Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BP oil tanker was blocking the narrow lane down to the Old Forge , towering over the thatched cottage to which it was attached by its pipe-line as though with an umbilical cord . |
| 2 | There could be no quicker way than this to appreciate how different things are climatically on the two sides of the mountains , because not only do you exchange cold cloud for sunshine but also the lush greenery of the high valleys to the north for the grass less , stony and , in summer , almost waterless river valley which leads on the Spanish side down to the small town of Bielsa ( a little trippery , inevitably , but a place of some character ) . |
| 3 | Well , there was talk about er getting the old hall down in the old street community centre , not the , the |
| 4 | Its proposals are workable and provide a framework for services which can be applied at all levels from the government at the top right down to the professional worker in direct contact with the recipient of services . |
| 5 | Several varieties of chalcedony , a silica in crystalline form , translucent and sometimes transparent , waxy to the touch , hard and extremely enduring , were treasured for jewellery , amulets and seal-stones from the earliest civilizations of the Old World down to the present time . |
| 6 | This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe . |
| 7 | You go up some steps to a reception area , from where you have a clear view down into the clean kitchen , then down some steps into a dining room that looks like a well-lit Tube tunnel . |
| 8 | From here , farm roads and lanes give an easy passage down to the main road and the Hill Inn . |
| 9 | Nevertheless he seemed willing enough to accompany the Finnish detective in the dangerous climb down over the tumbling rocks to where his cousin and his cousin 's pretty , peroxided fiancée lay . |
| 10 | He tucked the transfer document into his tunic , then hurried along the corridors , taking a crowded lift down to the living quarters in the heart of the great multi-stack fortress . |
| 11 | Here is one of those places , then , where the frontier does not follow the ridge of the mountains , but takes a sudden dive down on the French side . |
| 12 | The scarfing is very subtle and follows the natural grain of the wood almost perfectly , but I think it may be a little low down for the strengthening job it was designed to fulfil . |
| 13 | Sales , 11 p.c. down at the interim stage , finished the year only 5 p.c. lower at I£292m . |
| 14 | He waited until they were lost to sight beyond a fold of ground and a belt of trees , and then made good speed down to the little river , splashed through it where the banks were level and firm , and climbed the slope on the other side . |
| 15 | It also has the effect of raising the back edge so as to hide the joints at the bottom and provide a start for the graceful curve down from the top edge . |
| 16 | Some blades are flat , but the Ransome has a slight feather down on the trailing edge . |
| 17 | In those days , if you stuck an advert for the cinema in your window , you got free tickets , and long before I ever understood any kind of plot , we 'd all troop down to the local flea pit and watch whatever was showing . |
| 18 | There is a private lift down to the bathing platform ( open 1 May to 30 September ) where changing huts , sun-beds and umbrellas are all available at a charge . |
| 19 | A glance at the map revealed that there was a short cut down to the Miletti villa , so instead of summoning Palottino he decided to walk . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've a hunch , ’ he said , putting the heavy volume down on the other side of the board to the knives and the water . |
| 21 | Peskova stepped over the woman and brought the heavy stone down on the other arm . |
| 22 | That would be the sensible thing , to remove that gate down to the far end |
| 23 | Many aspects of the diplomatic organisation of western and central Europe as it existed by the beginning of the seventeenth century continued with little essential change down to the French Revolution and indeed beyond . |
| 24 | At the back , the blouse cut away in a big yawn down to the wide plastic-belted top of her mini-skirt . |
| 25 | Strichen lies a little way down from the left shoulder of Scotland along which they travelled to reach Inverness . |
| 26 | And if he does n't do that , then the man will send Rickie 's plump young ass down to the gang-rape squad in the county jail . ’ |