Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 2 | She looked down the long ride to where , at the distant foot of its slope , the lake shuddered in the wind . |
| 3 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
| 4 | We swayed down the long baggage car , which was half empty of freight and very noisy , and George , having told me to remove and lay aside my waistcoat in case I got oil on it , unlocked the door at the far end . |
| 5 | The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below . |
| 6 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |