Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With enough computational skill , a contoured ‘ stained-glass ’ window in a church , say , could show a whole sequence of devotional images as someone walked down the aisle towards it . |
| 2 | As I stepped down the steep treads I heard the too loud click of shoe leather on metal . |
| 3 | And this started a stampede amongst the rest of the herd and as I advanced down the field with them all in close pursuit I somehow managed to clear a four stranded barbed wire fence like an Olympic champion . |
| 4 | He is starting his reply as I put down the receiver . |
| 5 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 6 | Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars . |
| 7 | It was this image that accompanied me as I walked down the rue de Fleuve , stopping for a final coup d'oeil at the squat church crouching on its gravel ground . |
| 8 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |
| 9 | If anything the sound seemed to become louder as I ran down the deck . |
| 10 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 11 | ‘ As I padded down the passage to the kitchen , I felt that something was wrong . |
| 12 | As I sat down the man on my left gave me a brief nod . |
| 13 | Put each in turn into a well-known saying or into a sentence — you and your PP can take it in turns as you go down the list saying the set word followed by a sentence which the word stimulates you to think about . |
| 14 | As you go down the page in Figure 2 , the number of twig tips successively doubles . |
| 15 | As you clamber down the mountainside over the strata , the fossils suddenly disappear . |
| 16 | As you move down the list of measurements , the area that each measurement refers to is indicated by a red line on the garment . |
| 17 | ‘ Darling I 'm so proud of you , ’ he said as she walked down the staircase at Clarence House . |
| 18 | As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles . |
| 19 | As she walked down the companionway to the lower deck the breeze moulded her couture suit of cream silk bouquet against the contours of her body . |
| 20 | She was thinking about Donna later , as she walked down the ward to see if the new patient had arrived . |
| 21 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 22 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 23 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 24 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 25 | As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that . |
| 26 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 27 | But Tallis , as she came down the bank , could see that he was frightened . |
| 28 | As she roared down the village street , Werewolf unlocked the BMW . |
| 29 | As she sashayed down the catwalk she caught sight of Sally and Edward . |
| 30 | For a moment she thought Ace was wounded , but as she slid down the slope Ace tilted her head back to watch her approach . |