Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
| 2 | After tea we walked down through the remains of the garden . |
| 3 | M. Grimaud showed Frederica how , by building a slate dam here , releasing a little stone floodgate there , he diverted the clear water into its summer channel , a stone-lined gully which ran down beside the house and along its front wall , passing under slabstone doorsteps . |
| 4 | Caught by the breeze , the lower edge flipped back to reveal a tautly muscled belly covered with fine dark hair which arrowed down beneath the waistband of his close-fitting denim shorts . |
| 5 | A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment . |
| 6 | My combat jacket , knife , bags , catapult and other equipment I took down to the kitchen with me . |
| 7 | The privy was crude , a small recess in the wall with a latrine seat , just under a tiny , open , oval-shaped window which looked down over the green . |
| 8 | Rose listened , open-mouthed , and at the end of this recital she jumped down from the wicker basket and hugged Ruth all over again . |
| 9 | The service started with our opening carol , ‘ Away in a Manger ’ and continued with all the normal Christmas readings ; after the gospel we sat down for the nativity play , which was performed by a section from the armoured car squadron . |
| 10 | Confrontation with the United States was followed by the more dramatic confrontations with the French at Moruroa atoll where the goaded French beat up Greenpeace 's skipper , McTaggart , rammed a protest boat and eventually murdered a photographer who went down with the sabotaged Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in July 1985 . |
| 11 | Without a moment 's hesitation she jumped down from the platform of the bus , as the driver slammed on the brakes , swearing : ‘ Make up yer bleeding mind , for Gawd 's sake ! ’ |
| 12 | She also suffered injuries to the left side of her chest and a laceration over the eye which went down to the bone . |
| 13 | For a moment she stared down at the stains and the roses , and then she walked away . |
| 14 | As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice . |
| 15 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 16 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |
| 17 | Galliéni , who was senior to Joffre , had been offered the supreme command , a post he turned down on the grounds that all his experience had been as a colonial soldier and administrator . |
| 18 | In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre . |
| 19 | The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday . |
| 20 | Traffic grew closer and trees sparser until she entered a glade which ran down to the road . |
| 21 | The King himself came down to the water to meet me . |
| 22 | The club was the victim of dissension at the top which permeated down to the players and sapped their confidence : the familiar malaise among clubs under the old style of management . |
| 23 | The later development of the hierarchy , a development which continued down to the eighteenth century , was essentially no more than an elaboration of the basic principles set out in the Kanunname . |
| 24 | Placing the night-light against the wall she sat down on the top stair , humping the eiderdown high over her shoulders and gazing into the darkness . |
| 25 | In her plain blue suit she came down from the Clubhouse with two of the owners who seemed to want to be near the horses at ground level . |
| 26 | Next day we went down to the Nene Valley Railway . |
| 27 | After service they strolled down to the waterside , where they talked about stockings and the weaving of plaid ; ‘ What particular parts of commerce are chiefly exercised by the merchants of Aberdeen , I have not inquired , ’ wrote Johnson . |
| 28 | Pressing himself against the wall he looked down at the body . |
| 29 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 30 | I wept a little as I climbed the creaky stairs , and when I got into the attic I knelt down beside the bed , put my hands together and prayed . |