Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 2 | Only the white-chinned petrel makes an occasional sortie past or drops down in the tussac . |
| 3 | Furthermore , water running down the outside of the Pertex helps to draw out some of the water that penetrated through to the Parameta.a The rest stays there and evaporates in the wind or trickles down between the layers . |
| 4 | They are particularly concerned that the poor , elderly and sick will be forced to run up debts or cut down on the amount of electricity , coal , oil and gas they use . |
| 5 | You can control the amount of ‘ sink ’ by either pulling up , as I am doing here , or pushing down on the boom . |
| 6 | The advantage is that there is no line , visible to the fish , coming from the bait , either on the surface or going down to the bottom . |
| 7 | His mother would find him slumped across the keyboard or face down on the carpet where he had collapsed . |
| 8 | Once in a while at least , the philosopher must be allowed to approach the psychologist as a counsellor and to say : if you leave the Sorbonne by the exit in the Rue Saint-Jacques , you can either turn up the hill or go down towards the river : if you go up , you will get to the Panthéon which is the resting place of a few great men , but if you go downhill then you 're bound to end up at the Préfecture de Police . |
| 9 | The double zip allows you to roll the centre flap up from the bottom , to be fastened at the top or rolled down from the top for quick access . |
| 10 | No decisions have yet been taken on which newspapers will be sold or closed down in the UK . |
| 11 | Are you prepared to give up smoking for instance , or to cut down on the amount of caffeine , alcohol , sugar and junk-food you may consume ? |
| 12 | Alternatively nip down to the beach , or stroll down to the centre of Puerto del Carmen where the nightlife buzzes , and the cafés and bars stay open until the small hours before returning to your very own home from home apartment , complete with facilities , terrace and garden . |
| 13 | The boat house resembled a small chapel built into the sloping land that led down to the water 's edge , except that it was windowless and the bell in the tower no longer rang . |
| 14 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 15 | For at that moment , directly below the steps that led down to the Moebius Strip , the float of dummy Capellans was purring serenely by . |
| 16 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 17 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 18 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 19 | Would he , seventeen years afterwards , be able to rediscover the mouth of the hole that led down into the Goughdale Mine ? |
| 20 | One that goes down on the floor ! |
| 21 | They 'd there 's a little back staircase that goes down to the kitchens — sorry , lad , galley ! |
| 22 | But not to go all the way to Saint-Palais ; rather , after eight miles , turn to the right , over a crest , along a very minor road that goes down to the hamlet and caves of Isturits . |
| 23 | All that water that goes th that goes down through the machines is all sent back to top |
| 24 | Erm imaginary line that goes down through the middle of a ball , yes , through there Jupiter . |
| 25 | If it is a view you are after , then better to go to the top of the Pic du Midi than remain down on the col , for from there the prospect has for long been famous , especially to the north over the plains and , on a good day , westward to the Atlantic . |
| 26 | Werner was in his late forties with a short , stocky physique , thinning brown hair and a neatly trimmed russet moustache that tapered down over the corners of his mouth . |
| 27 | In the north can be found lush greenery standing out in the bottom of the valleys that carve down through the mountains , and fields of banana plantations standing against the backdrop of Mount Teide , the island 's dormant volcano . |
| 28 | A heron scraiked below the steep slabs of stone that chuted down into the sea . |
| 29 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |
| 30 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |