Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally Don Marco came rattling down the track in his battered Fiat and shook Haverford enthusiastically by the hand , ignoring the rest of the family . |
| 2 | ‘ In the midst of the conversation at his house in the wooded hills of Northern Virginia ’ , she recorded , ‘ a neighbour 's horse came galloping down the road , riderless . |
| 3 | ‘ He jumped out and came galloping down the street , waving a sort of a club . |
| 4 | Louis came bounding down the stairs . |
| 5 | Grooms came at once , and briskly , to take the bridles , and a spruce page came bounding down the steps from the hall door to greet the newcomers and discover their business here , but he was waved away by an older steward who had emerged from the stables . |
| 6 | Then Mum came rustling down the stairs in her almost-new taffeta dress with its leg o' mutton sleeves . |
| 7 | The wind came howling down the street full of rain and incipient snow . |
| 8 | Maggie came hurrying down the stairs , followed by two little boys of about four and three . |
| 9 | The gate to a tiny courtyard was open and , for an instant , Lindsey hung back , watching in rapt fascination as a dark-haired , slender figure came hurrying down the steps towards them , cloth in hand , and flung herself into Niall 's arms . |
| 10 | The next moment something heavy came clattering down the stairs . |
| 11 | Nick came clattering down the stairs , solemn-faced with irritation , and looking fit to kill his sister . |
| 12 | Fiver came limping down the path with Pipkin . |
| 13 | So it was a quietly defiant Alistair who , the next morning , came plodding down the stairs , and glanced at the splayed mail on the shelf as he headed for the door . |
| 14 | Philip came running down the stairs . |
| 15 | Will 's sister , Joan , opened the door , and then Will came running down the stairs . |
| 16 | One morning , Azmaveth came running down the corridor outside Lucien 's room to intercept him before he went to his practice . |
| 17 | She came running down the stairs . |
| 18 | The smell of scorch came floating down the stairs , very strong . |
| 19 | It set in motion what we call a debris flow , a mixture of 50-ton boulders , rocks , sand and gravel bound together in a kind of slurry , which came rolling down the side canyon and dammed the river . |
| 20 | A police Land-Rover came bumping down the track : ‘ You rotten bastards , keeping us talking . ’ |
| 21 | Determined not to hold Penry up , she made her purchases at such speed that she was outside , waiting , when he came striding down the narrow street to collect her . |
| 22 | On seeing the car , she rose immediately and came tripping down the drive to unlock the tall iron gates . |
| 23 | All four began galloping down the track . |
| 24 | Then I plucked up the courage to start moving around on my own and began walking down a path when the gentleman in grey asked people to stand aside , and I stepped well back . |
| 25 | Then he could not bear it any longer and started breaking down the wall . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , no , ’ he said aloud and started running down the street , looking for the car . |
| 27 | And he pushed past her and opened the door and started running down the street towards the War Memorial Square and Ebenezer Chapel . |
| 28 | He came out from refreshments , and we were all bored to death , waiting to go round again , flings his cape round his shoulder , took his helmet off , and started dancing down the road , throwing flower petals about . |
| 29 | ’ He gave a sob , ‘ and she went rattling down the stairs to her room the way she always did and then I heard that awful sort of slither and Bunty 's scream … ’ |
| 30 | I said that I feared going down the road of different regional governments having different tax rates . |