Example sentences of "as i [verb] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 2 | The festivities started with a parade through the town led by the Houlton Silver Band and as I looked down from the windows of our bed-sitter I could see them all gathering in the street below . |
| 3 | I remember a December night : I heard the church clock strike nine as I went down into the garden — it was warm enough to walk . |
| 4 | This , sadly was my last foray for the month as I went down with an attack of bronchitis soon after this expedition , and form which I have not fully recovered . |
| 5 | As I went down in the lift I thought it pretty clever of Purvis to get the bike rider 's licence . |
| 6 | Could it be , I mused , as I snuggled down into the Dodge 's heavily bolstered bucket seat on the autostrada running north of Milan to Switzerland , that Detroit has finally built a competent , European-style sporting saloon ? |
| 7 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 8 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 9 | As I walked down by the riverside one evening in the spring Heard a long gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake 's cry of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars and the laughter , and the fights May the ghosts that howled round the house at night never keep you from your sleep May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight or wherever they may be … |
| 10 | Taff enquired as I jumped down into the trench beside him . |
| 11 | Taff was in a foul mood as I jumped down into the trench . |
| 12 | I am not a small man , nor am I a weakling , yet the thin Sweetman seemed unconcerned as I jumped down into the cockpit . |
| 13 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 14 | As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us . |
| 15 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |