Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife lay there so limp , so insubstantial , her black hair hanging down like the tail of a whipped animal and one white hand clutching his sleeve as though it were her only hold on life . |
| 2 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 3 | Teaching in schools must follow the lines of a national curriculum laid down by the Secretary of State which will dominate approximately 90 per cent of school timetables . |
| 4 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 5 | The driver got down from the cab and walked slowly down the platform and disappeared through a solid wooden door . |
| 6 | And the prince goes down through the wood to another exit |
| 7 | They accepted that employment upon the terms as to remuneration laid down in the scale of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors whereby they would receive 10 per cent of one year 's rent defined as ‘ the rent reserved by letting ’ plus any additional service charge . |
| 8 | He further contends by ground ( 2 ) of his notice of appeal that the failure of the judge to perceive the limitations imposed on her discretion in the context of the Convention led her to reject the proposition that the elements necessary to the exercise of that discretion have to exist within the framework laid down by the Convention itself . |
| 9 | You can now stand the garter bar upright in the needle groove of your ribber , with the knitting hanging down between the ribber and the knitter . |
| 10 | A roadside gate opposite admits to a field sloping down to the river ( no path ; no right of way so seek permission to visit ) where , in a wild and impressive setting , the Dee , here flowing in a deep ravine , leaps in a waterfall into a deep pool beneath a high canopy of trees . |
| 11 | If the interpretation of the point is not given to the ordinary courts then the error will not be an error of law at all ; the criterion laid down by the tribunal will be the accepted standard . |
| 12 | In other cases , however , the court has relied more on the procedure for review laid down in the lease . |
| 13 | The dark , lazy appraisal moved down over the jut of her breasts beneath the soft material , and she shivered involuntarily , despite the warm night . |
| 14 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 15 | The night before they move Howard sits on the terrace looking down upon the city for the last time . |
| 16 | A professor came down from the university to investigate the project . |
| 17 | The Bomber came down in the middle of morning service . ’ |
| 18 | We were in a car looking down over the Bay and I said I 've got to go out . |
| 19 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 20 | He put the card face down on the table and brushed off the torn fragments of paper with the side of his sore hand . |
| 21 | Consequently , the guidance handed down by the Court of Appeal is frequently way out of line with the levels of sentence that are typically imposed for similar offences by the lower courts . |
| 22 | Or what we could do , well , what I mean is , maybe would n't do any harm going down to the pub tonight to see if the others are there , only a quick drink mind , we ca n't be sure what they 're like yet — ’ |
| 23 | Clifford and another constable who was in the car got down to the foreshore as quickly as they could on the offchance that the man was alive and needed help , but they soon saw that he was n't . |
| 24 | Accounting stripped down to the core The latest chapters in the ASB 's Statement of Principles deal with some fundamental issues |
| 25 | P.U.M.P. : ‘ Barabajagal ( Love Is Hot ) ’ ( Ultimate ) out of the ashes of the Junior Manson Slags arrives Aqua Marina , with her Purple Under Melted Pink getting down on the dancefloor with a hot and sultry Donovan song . |
| 26 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
| 27 | Yeah , Dan 's car broke down on the way to Birmingham you know . |
| 28 | He stood silent beside the sofa , the black disc of the revolver trained on her , his face half in shadow from the harsh light shining down from the ceiling . |
| 29 | Of even greater strategic importance to the review was a condition set down by the Chancellor at the very beginning . |
| 30 | In the morning , I slept through the pigeons , but around 8.30 a loud banging started down in the nave like they might have been building a scaffold or something . |