Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 2 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 3 | Having handed over her letter and waved goodbye , Perdita wandered down to the stables . |
| 4 | Hatch bent down to the plants . |
| 5 | Hari sank down on the bench beside him . |
| 6 | Rex dropped down from the ceiling . |
| 7 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 8 | Chatterton climbed down to the deck and told me that Robin-Anne had eaten a huge breakfast . |
| 9 | Rocky nodded down at the girl between them . |
| 10 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 11 | The voice at the other end of the line obliged and Donna pressed down on the cradle to sever the connection before ringing the new number . |
| 12 | Stok walked down into the darkness . |
| 13 | Hennessy looked down at the slip of paper that he was being offered . |
| 14 | Wayne Biggins went down in the box . |
| 15 | Someone 's brother , baby son , or lover he thought and now he was gone : Corbett looked down at the corpse and felt the futility of the death . |
| 16 | Ken reached down under the bar and produced a homemade sign . |
| 17 | Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes . |
| 18 | Crossley looked down at the corpse , the breeze bringing the stench of blood and excrement to his nostrils . |
| 19 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 20 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 21 | Jinkwa stared down at the creature 's ugly face . |
| 22 | Little Amaru looked down at the street and kicked a can with his red gumboots . |
| 23 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |
| 24 | Corbett stared down into the water . |
| 25 | Travis looked down at the jade . |
| 26 | Neil sat down at the table and placed his newspaper on its gaudy oilcloth cover . |
| 27 | Corbett sat down on the truckle bed , lay back , and though he did not intend to , fell into a deep , dreamless sleep . |
| 28 | Pepita set down among the crates to wait for her friend and the rum to reach her . |
| 29 | Reluctantly , Dot slid down from the bed while Loopy Lil beamed kindly , eyes swivelling in all directions and tried to help wash Dot 's face at the wash-stand and brush her hair . |
| 30 | Marie sat down on the bank . |