Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] down [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McDunn 's mouth twists down at the edges ; he sucks through his teeth , and for some reason I feel encouraged . |
| 2 | Often , especially in autumn , the sky is streaked with the incandescent brilliance of oranges reds and gold as an enormous fiery ball sinks down behind the wolds . |
| 3 | The sound of bird song drifts down from the trees , and butterflies flutter through the still early evening air . |
| 4 | ‘ I imagine we still have the conveyancing documents down among the cobwebs somewhere … ’ |
| 5 | The lower side of the film is softened and , as the solvent evaporates , the film settles down into the irregularities of the etched face and produces the replica . |
| 6 | Once a week a ten-minute helicopter flight ( £20 ) soars over the harbour , heads out to sea to hover over inviting beaches and then on its return trip swoops down between the mountains , close to the hang-gliders . |
| 7 | However this is not obvious since the land runs down to the hollows . |