Example sentences of "and [verb] down [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We turned left , took a deep breath , and changed down to the very smallest chaining . |
| 2 | He should pull himself together , buy himself a decent set of clothes and pop down to the Today ( sic ) for a shift in the showbusiness department . |
| 3 | If we were to construct a ‘ ladder ’ of non-fatal offences , starting with the most serious and moving down to the least serious , the offence of attempted murder should be placed at the top . |
| 4 | The drinkers , drunk as they were , full of glasses of wine , fell back from the man , who , with the rags he wore , had surprisingly clean white underpants — what struck Rab — raised his coat and squatted down as the most natural thing in the world . |
| 5 | Julius strolled over and looked down at the quietly flowing water . |