Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [art] [noun] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found a notepad from the Shelbourne and scribbled the word Grimoire down . |
| 2 | Leigh , with only one win this season , led 12–8 until former Great Britain winger Carl Gibson broke out of his own half and outflanked the cover to touch down . |
| 3 | Turning back to the storm-rinsed windows and the dangerous electrical crackle of Darkfall lightning on the glass , he popped the pill and watched the water running down the glass in ever-increasing and mysterious rivulets . |
| 4 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 5 | In due course , Mr Cross took the photograph he had come for and the girl crossed the narrow road and watched the train drop down into the valley . |
| 6 | Just over five and a half years later , I stood on the same spot and watched the Israelis drive down the same road to be greeted in precisely the same way by the same Christians on the same balconies . |
| 7 | With a feeling of relief , she let go , and felt the tears run down her cheeks . |
| 8 | Each time he 'd get to the line about going to stoke the brazier it would come out as ‘ stoke the brassiere ’ , which of course stopped everything dead and brought the Director screaming down on us . |
| 9 | He heard a burst of gunfire and saw a car disappearing down the Glen Road . |
| 10 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 11 | He turned and saw the waiter bearing down on him with an anxious look on his face . |
| 12 | Sometimes I looked out of the window at the grey November afternoon , and saw the rain pouring down on the leafless garden . |
| 13 | One afternoon , after she had given up hope , stirring aïoli on the doorstep , Frederica heard the crunch of wheels on stones and saw the motorbike winding down the cliff with its two insect-heads swaying in harmony above it . |