Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | When he had gone , Jessamy wandered into the small bedroom and sat down on the bed , because her legs felt as if they just would n't hold her up any longer . |
2 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
3 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
4 | Magee leapt into the driver 's seat and pressed down on the accelerator , heading away from the scene of carnage , his own brow furrowed . |
5 | His hand moved from her neck and wandered down to the soft fullness of her body . |
6 | He limped to the side of the roof and looked down into the yard . |
7 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
8 | The dark-haired vibrancer moved back to the couch and sat down on the floor again . |
9 | Boz left the stable without another word as Seb flung aside his pitchfork and climbed down from the loft to hurry to the farmhouse . |
10 | A controversial try on the hour from Saints winger Anthony Sullivan , who raced on to O'Donnell 's drop goal attempt and touched down beneath the posts , turned the game . |
11 | Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone . |
12 | He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile . |
13 | Phyllis stood by the fence and looked down to the lines at the bottom . |
14 | Charles raised his head above the line of the rock and looked down towards the hut . |
15 | Balberith tore a section of reinforced steel roof from the military vehicle and glared down through the hole . |
16 | His voice trailed off and Ruth looked sharply at him as he lowered his gaze and looked down at the paperwork in front of him . |
17 | Last weekend we booked a 55-seater coach and went down to the youth soccer international at Wembley between England and Italy and had a marvellous time . ’ |
18 | She tiptoed across the aisle and sat down beside the motionless figure . |
19 | Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . |
20 | She rose from the bed where she had spread out the rosettes , strode to the window and stared down into the garden . |
21 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
22 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
23 | He opened his window and hollered down into the courtyard for the scraggy Monkey-boy who had become his slave . |
24 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
25 | He went to the window and looked down into the street . |
26 | Mum went over to my window and looked down at the street . |
27 | I lay on my bed with a computer magazine and , from time to time , went to the window and looked down at the darkened street . |
28 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
29 | He walked to the window and gazed down through the net curtains . |
30 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |