Example sentences of "they [vb past] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On every side of them , as they rode down the winding valley of the Suir from Clonmel to Carrick , stretched great rolling hills , rising to the distant mountains — Slievenaman to the north , Comeragh to the south . |
| 2 | He continued to talk thus now , as they walked down the grand vista , away from the formal gardens and into the woodland rides , where classical figures loomed from the undergrowth and the serpentine rill wound away towards a distant temple . |
| 3 | They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence . |
| 4 | They sped down the warm evening pavement for about fifty yards and then pulled up as an elderly man , walking his dog , came out of a driveway in front of them . |
| 5 | They went down the dark tunnel . |
| 6 | The drive was tree-lined , so they went down the farther side , only visible now and then . |
| 7 | Lastly they went down the main staircase to the Director s office . |
| 8 | The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below . |