Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reply Robyn ran her hands instinctively across his chest , down and down to the waist of his jeans , further to his inner thigh , to the place where his need was strongest . |
| 2 | This presentation would have benefited from being delivered out to the audience , rather than down to the lectern , and he should practise opening his mouth wider when talking — he was sometimes difficult to follow . |
| 3 | You know rather than down to the line planning for every single moment of the day . |
| 4 | They burnt Brighton in 1544 , forcing the settlement to grow finally upon the cliffs rather than down on the beach , threatened by the French and ‘ Neptune 's insatiate womb ’ . |
| 5 | She swam away and down to the ocean bed with him , laughing . |
| 6 | Cut away and down behind the bud in a gentle curve . |
| 7 | A trail of slow-moving headlights slides away and down from the arena like oozing lava snaking away from Mother . |
| 8 | it creates extra communication problems , since top management is more remote from the work done at the bottom end of the organisation , and information tends to get distorted or blocked on its way up or down through the organisation hierarchy ; |
| 9 | In windy weather , the effects of the wind gradient near the ground accentuate any movement up or down of the towplane and glider . |
| 10 | some some extra layers on this , I mean I think that 's very valid and the extra layers include er one , the fact that since then there have been a number of royals who have divorced and so it is not unique for royals to be divorced and the Church of England has not jumped up and down about the fact that there are royals who are divorced particularly given that the , you know the Church of England are opposed to divorce . |
| 11 | He paced up and down between the scullery and the living-room as if on the deck of a ship . |
| 12 | And , anyway , I only cruised up and down outside the house twice just to make sure there was no one lying in wait . |
| 13 | The cockerel stood braced , shrilling its cry out into the mist , answering other calls from other compounds up and down across the hillside . |
| 14 | He dipped the headlights and the far end of the tunnel seemed to leap towards us , bouncing up and down to the thump of our tyres on the sleepers . |
| 15 | His knee jerked up and down to the clacking of the metronome on the piano lid . |
| 16 | He stamped up and down at the limit of the firelight and listened to the silence of the hills . |
| 17 | It was working perfectly back in Manchester , when you had it going up and down at the traffic lights to impress those schoolgirls . ’ |
| 18 | The player relies on his feel for putting , and all that bobbing up and down on the green , as if in supplication , is really only confirmation of what the player is reading as the borrow anyway . |
| 19 | Inching one eyelid open , Laura saw that Sophie — or was it Emma ? — was now happily bouncing up and down on the mattress beside her . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it would be a good idea if we all had a swim before breakfast , do n't you ? ’ he said , the announcement seized upon with alacrity by the two little girls who , once again , began jumping up and down on the mattress as if it were a trampoline . |
| 21 | At the mention of ice cream the little girl became excited and animated , bouncing up and down on the bed . |
| 22 | Mr Azul bucks up and down on the bed in a bizarre parody of sexual energy . |
| 23 | I walked up and down on the bed , to control my trembling legs , and looked at the dead rat . |
| 24 | According to one or two bold spirits who had succeeded in getting into it , it was so badly constructed that when they jumped up and down on the floor the entire building trembled . |
| 25 | And he banged the gun up and down on the gate . |
| 26 | He laughs violently , excitedly , hammering his hand up and down on the desk . |
| 27 | " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench . |
| 28 | They ca n't but they , it should , it should have been possible for the councils to have I do n't know it , it it seems I , I put it down , I remember walking up and down on the beach with John about eight weeks ago was it ? |
| 29 | And we were walking up and down on the beach at Aldeburgh and the most interesting part of our conversation was that we were saying we both started out as not conservatives , I 've never voted conservative in my life , but we started out as very loyal people . |
| 30 | Bishop Jon breathed gently , the stylus in his scrolled fingers voyaging up and down on the buoy of his abdomen . |