Example sentences of "running [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newly opted-out hospital trust is trying to close Casualty and is running down the wards of the Mile End branch of the Royal London Hospital , which has been serving the East End well since 1858 . |
| 2 | Some of these are mirror images of those previously cited ; for instance , the recession meant less need for businessmen to seek out large industrial sites , central government began running down the overspill programmes and giving greater attention to the rejuvenation of inner city areas , and ‘ baby boom ’ was replaced by ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 3 | On the political left , the government is regularly reviled for running down the welfare state , smashing the trade unions , and waging class war . |
| 4 | There is a habit of running down the competition rather than extolling the virtues of their own ranges . |
| 5 | I can taste blood running down the back of my throat , then my arms are grabbed and everything just spins all colours and then black . |
| 6 | The old plates split apart , usually along a line running down the back , and the insect hauls itself out . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew because it 's got a band of those black and white checks across the bonnet and the roof and running down the back . |
| 8 | Er it sounds as though it might well be stuck in your sinuses here and this stuff 's running down the back |
| 9 | That 's right , the continual it 's this continual stuff running down the back that goes for it . |
| 10 | The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze . |
| 11 | She was already running down the beach , calling : ‘ Come on , Christina ’ , her voice all but drowned by the crashing waves . |
| 12 | Short lengths of other internal streets have been identified but it is clear that , even though they intersect most often at right angles , there was no regular gridded system One strange omission is the absence of a street running down the west side of the supposed forum , which would have linked a known street further north with that running between the two military compounds . |
| 13 | It was supported by elaborate capitals , running down the door sides . |
| 14 | A drain had overflowed at the end of the road and water was running down the tarmac . |
| 15 | Several rabbits were already running down the field towards a distant hedge dappled white with great patches of maybloom . |
| 16 | Hugh began , but Molly was already up and almost running down the stone steps as if she were hurrying towards some long-planned assignation . |
| 17 | All you read in the newspapers about running down the mining industry has no truth in it . ’ |
| 18 | Running down the centre of the Boulevard of the Victory of Socialism , there were rows of ornate street lights . |
| 19 | But in essence , the flight instruments are located in random order on the left , the engine instruments are on the right and the radio is in a stack running down the centre . |
| 20 | They are savagely distorted , and the long thin noses , which have a flat ridge running down the centre , are pulled into the side of the face by thick black lines . |
| 21 | Miranda had a skewed air , her dark curls sprang up on her head so that the younger girl noticed little black hairs running down the vertebrae of her neck to the nape ; there was a feral shine and speed to her too , something uncontained , and it scared the younger girl . |
| 22 | Apart from growth lines , the outer surface of the shell may be smooth , or there may be a series of raised ridges ( cords ) running down the whorls at right angles to the lip . |
| 23 | Thus there is a clear division between the forehead and the lower part of the face , and a lighter line running down the edge of it suggests that if more of the forehead were seen it would be divided down its central axis . |
| 24 | Those gunners who had no riding place on the guns or limbers were running down the verges in an undisciplined retreat . |
| 25 | The sun penetrates the mist and I am in a world of dazzling light and the rain running down the beech trees is like a tide of green blood and fire , its waves and bubbles sparkling in the sunlight . |
| 26 | ‘ Lots of them did n't , ’ said Lee , running down the passage and into the kitchen that Philip had been in yesterday morning where Mrs Wright had given him a cup of tea . |
| 27 | To her enormous relief she suddenly saw it running down the passage , she leant against the wall , how tiresome of that spider to come to her when it might have gone to anyone else . |
| 28 | The Roraima survivors described burning rum running down the streets and even into the sea , spreading out as far as the ship and causing small fires on her . |
| 29 | On another occasion he gave chase to someone running down the platform but when he reached the platform end whoever it was or was n't had vanished . |
| 30 | The muscles of his arms and shoulders were tight and sinewy , flexing like knotted cords beneath a sheen of perspiration , and in the flickering light of the lamps she could see a livid white hunting or battle scar running down the base of his throat and across his ribs . |