Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 2 | As soon as she had forced down the last of her food , she pushed her plate away and stood up . |
| 3 | That was a pretty daft offer , she thought as soon as she had put down the phone . |
| 4 | Melissa closed her eyes and gnawed her thumb as she struggled to nail down the clue that fluttered moth-like in her memory . |
| 5 | It was all too much , waiting for that upstart Hitler to make up his mind ; to envisage the Germans strutting down the Mall as they 'd strutted down the Champs Élysées . |
| 6 | The day had been rainy and wet so Barrymore saw the prints left by Sir Charles ' shoes as he had walked down the Alley . |
| 7 | The four men looked up as he came scrambling down the steep bank . |
| 8 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |