Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [v-ing] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above indicates that there is far more to negotiating than sitting down opposite the other party and trying to bargain . |
| 2 | In former times George 's Lane , starting close by the church , toll-house and former inn and running down to the river , was the village 's main link with the outside world and the river Lynher the main artery for trade and industry . |
| 3 | Nearly everyone came down according to plan , but Sgt Paul Flood surprised everyone by missing the drop zone and coming down behind the crowd . |
| 4 | Gould remembers following the driver and lying down on the floor of the car face down , waiting for the ambush to pass . |
| 5 | One of the first things to catch the visitor 's eye when starting down from the castle esplanade is a cannonball lodged in the wall of a house , believed to have been fired from the castle at Holyroodhouse in 1745 when anti-Jacobite forces on the Castle Rock were at odds with Prince Charles Edward at the lower end of the town . |
| 6 | The advantage is that there is no line , visible to the fish , coming from the bait , either on the surface or going down to the bottom . |
| 7 | Terry was , originally at least , a wing-half who had captured the eye of manager Cyril Spiers , and , after a season ( 1955–56 ) of coming to maturity and settling down to the demands of League football , he put together a run of 214 consecutive League appearances ( 234 with major Cup competitions ) which was a club record at the time and has only once been exceeded by the great John Jackson . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I 'm well enough , ’ Mrs Clamp said , shaking her head and coming down off the stool , picking up some more frozen burgers and going back to the freezer . |
| 9 | She shivered a little , leaning on the balustrade and looking down into the darkness while he gave some instructions to the maid . |
| 10 | I can remember doing Bartholomew Fair at the Royal Court Theatre with the NYT and seeing all the scenery and lighting down on the stage at the end of the last performance and thinking how exciting it was to belong to the world of make-believe . |
| 11 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 12 | The sun was high in the sky and beating down on the mourners ' heads . |
| 13 | I remember standing at the back of The Lyceum and looking down at the crowd . |
| 14 | Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord . |
| 15 | In fact obesity can be effectively reversed by eating more brad and cutting down on the amounts of butter , margarine and oil we eat , and taking some exercise . |
| 16 | There is no notable deceleration , but I do n't know that my mind was recording anything but fear , nor is there any particular screech or roll , but suddenly we 're around the corner and accelerating down towards the tunnel and Jackie 's saying , ‘ You can relax now , Keith . ’ |
| 17 | No sharing and rolling down into the dip in the middle . |
| 18 | Windeler glanced across before giving in to the slope and changing down through the gears . |
| 19 | The congealing blood from the severed arteries of the snow-soaked head drenching the carpet and seeping down between the floor boards . |
| 20 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |