Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father had died serving the Empire as one of the Black Riders and as the boy looks down on the great imperial road from the quiet house of his foster-parents he listens to tales of the powerful Count Jasper , Governor of the Citadel and commander of those orthodox forces . |
| 2 | The front flap of the drawer drops down to a fixed horizontal position to complete an outside yard , stencilled to represent red brick . |
| 3 | A short flight of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area . |
| 4 | BEN settles down to a romantic candle-lit dinner with JACQUI , JACQUI 's friend FIONA , KEREN , KEREN 's friend SALLY , and SARAH . |
| 5 | BEN settles down to a romantic candle-lit dinner with JACQUI , JACQUI 's friend FIONA , KEREN , KEREN 's friend SALLY , and SARAH . |
| 6 | It 's an Italian design and is the only one we could find that folds down into a little square shape . |
| 7 | A series of ornate gilt mouldings on the walls funnels down towards the brocaded red curtain , arranged into rectangles like the huge old picture frames in Mr Fuller 's house , surrounding the dark oil paintings he did as a student and smuggled out of Belgium when he settled here after the Great War . |
| 8 | From here to the coast the hills are open , the sun pours down on the huge dry fields , the atmosphere is colourless . |
| 9 | The Lacona is set in a tranquil garden which rolls down towards a sheltered sandy beach just a few minutes walk away . |