Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] down [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | You can control the amount of ‘ sink ’ by either pulling up , as I am doing here , or pushing down on the boom . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His mother would find him slumped across the keyboard or face down on the carpet where he had collapsed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 13 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 14 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | One that goes down on the floor ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Erm imaginary line that goes down through the middle of a ball , yes , through there Jupiter . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A heron scraiked below the steep slabs of stone that chuted down into the sea . |
| 21 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |
| 22 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |
| 23 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 24 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 25 | They turned into the bottom of High Hill , and began to ascend it , leaning forward against the incline , and against the rain that drove down upon the umbrella . |
| 26 | To the left of the steps , constructed from solid railway sleepers that drop down to the lawn , we have suggested a raised bed , this being filled with soil from the levelled area below . |
| 27 | The main access is via steps that drop down from the street between walls that tend to increase visual tension . |
| 28 | So many lights ; the yellow lights of the arc-lamps that shone down on the river-bank ; the white lights from the flashes of the police photographers ; the blue lights of the police cars that lingered still around the scene . |
| 29 | ‘ A sweeping white beach fringed with date palms and oleanders … a sea so blue , you 'll think it was made in Heaven … luxury five-star accommodation , with a bar that reaches down to the water 's edge , and an internationally-famed restaurant where the food is as sensational as the setting … |
| 30 | Through into the dining room , a bay window overlooks the front lawn that slopes down to the stream . |