Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [prep] a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You always leave your hair hanging down like a hippy too , ’ he continued . |
| 2 | Willie gazed at the gentle way he fingered the udders and at the warm white liquid spurting down into a bucket underneath . |
| 3 | The sky now suddenly seemed clear except for a CR 42 going down in a spin ahead of me . |
| 4 | A long , thin brunette sat on another bean-bag very close to her , staring down at a focus somewhere near the edge of the blonde 's left thigh . |
| 5 | ‘ See the post where the little owl has perched ? ’ said the helpful Warden , ‘ call it twelve o'clock , try coming down to a quarter past , near those three lap wings … there 's a chance … ’ |
| 6 | The A.832 now heads south up a wooded ravine , rising pleasantly to open country , the latter section of the climb being defaced by a huge water pipe coming down from a reservoir above : a black mark for the planners and water authorities . |