Example sentences of "[v-ing] down the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spellbound , I drove upwards into the bright splendour , staring through the windscreen as though I had never seen it all before ; the bronze of the dead bracken spilling down the grassy Banks of the hills , the dark smudges of trees , the grey farmhouses and the endless pattern of wails creeping to the heather above . |
| 2 | Quinn was racing down the three flights of stairs to the lobby-level . |
| 3 | TRACKING down the stray dogs of Inverness may soon be easier thanks to the ubiquitous micro-chip . |
| 4 | Breaking down the traditional expectations of where parents send their children could include leaflet drops encouraging families to use the facilities of the school . |
| 5 | The corrie looks terrifying from its base , and indeed I would hazard a guess that avalanches are pretty fond of rumbling down the upper reaches of it after spring snow . |
| 6 | Using your rough pencil copy as a guide , commence the preparation of the artwork by placing down the mounting pads of the components , using either crepe tape circles or rub-down dry transfers of appropriate diameter . |
| 7 | The report is presently unfinished and unpublished , allegedly because of opposition from the Bush administration , which has been intent on playing down the possible effects of global warming . |
| 8 | A jackboot serial killer on the loose , stomping down the humanist softies of soul ? |
| 9 | Phil was the first of a long list of people to tackle this challenge — abseiling down the 170 feet of the electrical engineering tower . |
| 10 | When she arched finally , feeling him convulse with a groan between joy and pain , she was swept by waves of pride at the gift that had been given and received , her fingers pulling at the thick dark hair , pushing possessively over the muscles of his back , sliding down the sweat-soaked hollows of his spine to the tight muscles slackening in the aftermath of love . |