Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a relatively small garden measuring 33ft by 36ft ( 10m by 11m ) and our main task is to provide a real feeling of space and movement as well as rationalising the steep slope that drops down away from the house . |
| 2 | Stop that sniggering down there in the typing pool — what do you suppose the spellchecker in Microsoft Corp 's Word word processor suggests when it comes to Pentium and does n't recognise it ? |
| 3 | Ferrets are reluctant to enter a vertical shaft — which explains why ferrets very rarely enter bolt-holes that drop down vertically from the surface . |
| 4 | The eighteen twenties and thirties saw fashion moving from the Empire line , which was , had a very small bodice and a skirt that flowed down straight to the ground to a lower waisted dress with big sleeves and a shorter skirt , and the impression of a little girl , a little sort of bouncy girl who was all skippy and everything , which reflected really the feeling of optimism at the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | They went through a field where sheep grazed , and then through bracken that sloped down steeply to the River Dyn . |
| 6 | While the sky above darkened to a deep purple , the Marines below looked about , made nervous by the steadily increasing pace and volume of drumming that floated down eerily from the surrounding countryside . |
| 7 | Calvin takes a look at Jerry , mumbles something inaudible and sits down heavily on the step with his back to all of us . |
| 8 | In any case , sparks were riding the breeze and touching down far across the river in hidden gardens and remote rickyards . |
| 9 | She hurried next door to get the spare one she always left with her neighbour , then let herself inside and sank down wearily on the bottom of the stairs . |
| 10 | He leapt up the steps , grabbed his valise and hastened down again to the truck . |
| 11 | It 's an interesting mixture of management and overhead-view arcade action , and let down slightly by the latter . |
| 12 | Probably the most historic and also the most photogenic is that of the counts of Kyburg , perched high above woodlands and looking down fiercely on the river Toss . |
| 13 | ‘ Come on you bastard , ’ she shouted and pressed down hard on the gas . |
| 14 | When we reached the road we stopped and looked down again at the little house . |
| 15 | She rose to her feet , and looked down again at the rolling hillside covered with fruit and vegetables , with grazing goats , sheep and chickens . |
| 16 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
| 17 | Dunbar came picking his way between the debris and the fallen , and looked down calmly upon the son and successor of his old enemy . |
| 18 | Theodora wiped her hands on the damp grass and lay down again beneath the currant bushes . |
| 19 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
| 20 | This waistcoat had flap-pockets and reached down almost to the knees : it was fastened right up to the neck with horse-shoe buttons , leaving just enough space for the red-spotted muffler or wrapper to be seen underneath . |
| 21 | That break in Sicily with my friends , and sailing down here on the Kestrel , was the first holiday I 've taken in ages … ’ |
| 22 | well why did she come and live down here in the first place ? |
| 23 | It is indicative , too , when a mistle thrush changes his tune , forgets to repeat his challenging spring song and slips down self-consciously into the lower boughs of a larch to all but whisper a softer , lazier , persuasive serenade . |
| 24 | When he 'd finished , the attendant stuck the chamois leather in his belt with a flourish and leaned down again to the driver 's window . |
| 25 | When this happens swim vigorously into wind and pull down hard on the mast |
| 26 | He searched desperately for Tony 's father among the confusing patterns of lights and shadow shifting and flickering down there on the prom . |
| 27 | No , she must have invisibly ascended through those upwards-sloping corridors and irritating little steps , and come down again on the spiral staircase . |
| 28 | He had to stop and sit down twice on the way because he felt as though he was going to collapse . |
| 29 | Anyway , the water goes up under pressure into the tanks in the roof and feeds down again to the washrooms by gravity . ’ |
| 30 | I stumbled back and sat down heavily on the plinth , then staggered upright and pulled my cords back up . |