Example sentences of "was [v-ing] down the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning I was driving down the single village street when I saw Mrs Bailes coming out of the shop . |
| 2 | And then the whole thing swivelled round in my head , and I was looking down the same chimney from the top , and nothing was about to stop me falling down it . |
| 3 | Whoever suggested the grandiose title and subtitle of this book was looking down the wrong end of a microscope . |
| 4 | It was twilight and a brilliant new moon was gliding down the bright end of the sky , followed by a cascade of stars . |
| 5 | He was hurrying down the long room , with some white gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other hand . |
| 6 | Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us . |
| 7 | Because once the ship come up that 's still a certain amount of water in the hold which that must be , cos then once you heave your door up then of course you load your ship again and then cos your ship was going down the more mud you put in , course mud is heavier than water |
| 8 | There I was strolling down the scrubby end of the Kings Road , mooching along . |
| 9 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 10 | Lord Deverill was standing down the far end of the room , staring out of a window across the estate . |
| 11 | Suddenly , as his hands closed over her breasts , she realised that the black lace jacket of her suit was somehow unbuttoned and he was tugging down the lacy bra cups , whispering hotly against her naked throat , and as his head moved lower and his mouth closed hotly over her erect nipples she twisted beneath him , moaning , clutching his dark head as she felt his teeth graze her with agonising pleasure . |