Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [v-ing] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew because it 's got a band of those black and white checks across the bonnet and the roof and running down the back . |
| 2 | And when the satin had been recovered and she had found — after a painful , dry-mouthed fortnight of dosing herself with cheap gin and jumping down the cellar steps whenever Odette was not looking — that she was , miraculously , not pregnant , she had believed her luck to be on the turn . |
| 3 | ‘ These plates are cold , ’ said Patrick Milligan senior , looking up from his place and staring down the table at his five-year-old daughter , who at once scrambled to her feet . |
| 4 | you can take a donkey ride up into the mountains in the morning , before spending the afternoon on a jet ski or paragliding down the beach . |
| 5 | Donna joined it , filing past the barriers , showing her ticket and heading down the platform towards the First Class carriages . |
| 6 | ‘ Spy plane already , ’ said Lee leaning out of the hide and shooting down the plane with an imaginary machine gun . |
| 7 | Possible considerations in the planning schedule will include : arranging the printing of publicity material ; posting invitations and publicity material , including media contacts ; framing ; arranging insurance of work and transport to and from the venue ; the private view ; hanging the exhibition and taking down the exhibition . |
| 8 | General advice on making squares was offered with stress on making the limits and form of a square clear , making the traffic conform to decorative town planning and cutting down the space dedicated to vehicles in favour of giving additional tracks or spaces for other purposes , even if these sometimes have to be driven over . |
| 9 | He is already through the gate and starting down the slope . |
| 10 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |
| 11 | cos he was doing the thing and writing down the list and I had to go and find him with her . |
| 12 | It was then that I discovered that they had been keeping our group under surveillance and noting down the registration numbers of cars parked outside the meeting place . |
| 13 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 14 | If you are artistic , it may be fun to make any little figures in the shape and clothing of children at the party — for instance in the school bus cake , on the spinning roundabout or sliding down the helter-skelter . |
| 15 | Suddenly she was gone , off balance and tilting down the slope , running with windmill arms , sliding , running again , a plume of white chalk-dust under her heels . |
| 16 | Essentially it is about increasing the authority of the new family and playing down the authority role of the social worker . |