Example sentences of "then [vb past] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Desperately , desperately ill ! ’ she said , over her shoulder , then swooped down to the dishwasher , picked up a handful of plates , and marched off towards a cupboard . |
| 2 | He paused for a while to compose himself then staggered down to the porter 's lodge . |
| 3 | She picked a mixed posy of flowers and put them in the small basket she was carrying , and then wandered down through the orchard . |
| 4 | Her hands flew up in horror then slammed down on the steering wheel . |
| 5 | Carrington looked at Talbot and shook his head , then dropped down to the sea-bed in front of the nose cone . |
| 6 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 7 | Karen pulled out of John 's arms then climbed down into the cabin . |
| 8 | I then bicycled down to the Schools — sat down in my place . |
| 9 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 10 | He said this quite casually , then stepped down from the pulpit and made his way to the centre of the altar once more . |
| 11 | The child looked up at him , smiled at him , then settled down into the bed . |
| 12 | After a pub lunch we did a bit outside the car-park mortuary and then settled down with the telephone to record some attempts to buy a coffin , one of which resulted in agreement , which was the last thing we needed at the time , although it came in very handy later . |
| 13 | We spent the whole morning climbing the steep , hard ice in the couloir 's depths , so were somewhat dismayed when two figures skiied up to the base of the couloir , raced up to and past us , virtually dispensing with runners and belays , and then abseiled down from the top of the hard climbing at one third height , passing us again . |
| 14 | ‘ More than likely , ’ Mauer replied , then squatted down beside the body . |
| 15 | Before that though , we 're going to get a huge fretsaw and cut along the borders of Essex and Suffolk and then saw down from The Wash to meet the other line . |
| 16 | I then went down into the cockpit , where I counted eleven of our best men lying dead . |
| 17 | She hesitated on the stairs , knowing it would be difficult to sleep then went down to the kitchen . |
| 18 | Sadleir then went down to the Red Sea coast at Yenbu , which he reached on 20 September . |
| 19 | They waited until the lane must surely be empty of funeral guests and then went down to the car . |
| 20 | ( 31/1/93 ) : Paul Stephen and I went to Richard Newcombe 's to pick up his long ladder to support the roof timbers on Paul 's car and then went down to the carriage and put all the roof on his car roof . |
| 21 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 22 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 23 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 24 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 25 | He let his eyes travel over her , openly appraising , as his gaze took in the firm , high breasts , softly moulded by the cashmere of her sweater-dress , then drifted down to the dip of her waist and the womanly curves of her hips and thighs . |
| 26 | ‘ No more chocolate , thanks , ’ she said again , then stared down at the topaz surrounded by a cluster of diamonds which Vitor had slid on to the third finger of her left hand . |
| 27 | She pushed at the curl , then reached down for the shoulder-bag that lay at her feet and dug out an ebony hair pick . |
| 28 | Aware of the loose board near the top of the stairs , she clung to the wall and then slipped down to the garden in shadow , barely a shadow herself , and making as little noise , though inside her head it seemed as if her heart would waken the dead with its pumping . |
| 29 | Suddenly , the Junkers belched a long tongue of red flame , straightened out for a moment and then spun down into the water . |
| 30 | She glanced briefly at Twoflower , as one might look at a piece of furniture , then glared down at the man on the bed . |