Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 2 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 3 | He was peering down from the leaning tower of Pisa like Galileo testing his theory of gravity . |
| 4 | Erm with chimney sweeper was waiting down in the high street he was waiting there whoa said Mr to the donkey , the donkey was wondering probably whether he was so without listening to a word of warning he jumped on him |
| 5 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 6 | She put the tray she was carrying down on the wrought iron table . |