Example sentences of "as [pron] went down [prep] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 As I went down in the lift I thought it pretty clever of Purvis to get the bike rider 's licence .
3 I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room .
4 Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water .
5 The play was necessarily a matinee , and as we went down past the Albert Hall a siren did go .
6 As they went down into the cellar bar they were given a loud hello ! by Mary Mauchline , one of their party .
7 ‘ A good man , that , ’ he said , guiltily , to Catherine as they went down in the lift .
8 He must tie one end of the string to the opening of the cave and then let the ball unwind as he went down into the labyrinth .
9 We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time .
10 Lewis asked himself this question as he went down in the lift and crossed the arrivals hall of Terminal Two to await the exodus from Customs .
  Next page