Example sentences of "[noun pl] and down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arm uncurled onto Richard 's chest and moved there over the nipples and down onto the tensing stomach . |
| 2 | She must get him on to his feet and down from the high moor before the impending storm . |
| 3 | The top of the anticline has been worn away , down to the Millstone Grit in some places and down to the Carboniferous Limestone in others . |
| 4 | The biggest surprise here is that the TBM 700 seems to shrink into a much smaller and lighter aircraft when flown below ninety knots and down to the gear-down/flaps-down 61-knot stall speed . |
| 5 | Its usual course flows from above the lorry park , round the trees and down to the lower bridge which marks its normal width . |
| 6 | And what a snore he had … strong , long , thick and hard , it was a snore that went on all night long , a snore that never let up , baby ! … a snore that reached the highest heights and the deepest depths , a snore that took you up among the stars and down into the very inside of yourself . |
| 7 | The Sergeant came barging into the Nissen hut , bawling out , ‘ Right , you bloody lot , if you have any homes to go to , get out of those pits and down to the orderly room , sharpish , or you wo n't get a bloody pass . ’ |
| 8 | But they turn out to be of Ancient History , so the flies blunder moodily against the parlour window beyond which the June sun ripens tempting dinners at roadsides and down by the strong-smelling beach ; day after day after day . |
| 9 | ‘ They had to come streaming out of the forests and down to the Bright Palace , in answer to the summons of their Lords … ’ |
| 10 | The skeleton of the body took shape and when complete would be lifted on to rollers , rolled along the timber , out through the double doors and down to the waiting chassis in the yard by means of skids . |