Example sentences of "[v-ing] down the slope " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something with a dull gleam flew from his hand , tumbling down the slope of the dune . |
| 2 | Luckily , the Devil cares not for checking visitors ' bus passes to see if they 're over-the-hill and struggling down the slope on their Zimmer frames . |
| 3 | The other girls had reached the top of the bank now , and they saw her long legs fairly leaping down the slope after the speeding pram . |
| 4 | He rose and went to the window , looking down the slope . |
| 5 | In no time at all they were coasting down the slope out of the car park . |
| 6 | Suddenly she was gone , off balance and tilting down the slope , running with windmill arms , sliding , running again , a plume of white chalk-dust under her heels . |
| 7 | He is already through the gate and starting down the slope . |
| 8 | ‘ I never thought you could run like that , Sarah , ’ said Angela , coming down the slope and joining them . |
| 9 | Their brakes must have locked as they were coming down the slope , for there was a twenty-yard slice of chocolate loam where their wheels had scoured the turf . |
| 10 | I would never ever ever look graceful coming down the slope . |
| 11 | Continuing down the slope , the trees and cottages of Ireby beckon a welcome and here , if all has gone according to plan , should be a waiting car , its occupants probably in a bad temper after a five-hour vigil . |
| 12 | I could n't get a knee up to break its back , either , because I was almost slipping down the slope as it was , and I could n't possibly get any purchase on that surface with only one leg . |
| 13 | We crash to the ground and roll fighting down the slope . |
| 14 | Planted in horizontal rows across hillsides , the grass sinks deep roots and grows into a living retaining wall that traps soil washing down the slope . |
| 15 | The great metal roof-tree which held the house together had bent inwards as though from some giant 's blow , and listening , Rachel could hear tiles still slithering down the slope and crashing into the street forty feet below . |
| 16 | He could see the van rolling down the slope . |
| 17 | A little boy came out of the woods opposite and began skiing down the slope towards the road . |
| 18 | The cab separated from the trailer which turned over on its side , sliding down the slope . |