Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [prep] the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he rushed onwards it lengthened and curved , until he stood at the edge of a cold volcanic cauldron , looking down at the mountain 's secret , a still , dark lake which gleamed green at the foot of the crags . |
| 2 | There is a comfy lounge , a bar and a stylish TV room and the traditional style dining-room boasts an amazing rococo fantasy of cherubs and angels looking down from the building 's original ceiling . |
| 3 | United to continued to prove to press forward but found their moves breaking down in the visitor 's penalty area . |
| 4 | So the mermaids spun the wheel until there was a great funnel-hole in the sea , and the fisherman 's boat went riding down to the sea-king 's palace . |
| 5 | One of the Hunters looked over the android 's body ; its demonic face staring down at the android 's features . |
| 6 | I feel like jumping out and running down to the sea 's edge with bucket and spade . |
| 7 | ‘ I said we 'd have to talk to everyone in the darts club , ’ said Burden , stopping down at the water 's edge , ‘ and I reckon we have . |
| 8 | Readers were settling down to the novel 's opening instalment — not a venture to be recommended for ‘ people with weak nerves ’ remarked Strakhov , the gifted critic — when a murder story broke in the newspapers . |