Example sentences of "[pron] run down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor . |
| 2 | Yea , though I run down the valleys , I am Towed up the hills . |
| 3 | On another occasion he gave chase to someone running down the platform but when he reached the platform end whoever it was or was n't had vanished . |
| 4 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 5 | If anything the sound seemed to become louder as I ran down the deck . |
| 6 | I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door . |
| 7 | You run down the metal fire escape on the gable end of the building . |
| 8 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 9 | Then she ran down the post to the ground below . |
| 10 | She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade . |
| 11 | For just a few seconds she stood petrified ; then , taking a deep , shuddering breath , she ran down the entry and into Lyra Street . |
| 12 | Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet . |
| 13 | In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’ |
| 14 | Leaving this area of the house behind her , she ran down the passage as far as the open pantry door . |
| 15 | She ran down the dune , calling , ‘ Okay , I 'm coming . ’ |
| 16 | She ran down the garden and out on to the tow-path . |
| 17 | She ran down the gangplank and watched as the dog heaved himself up the bank , dragging his burden . |
| 18 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 19 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 20 | Normally a solemn and serious part of the Catholic liturgy of the Mass , on this occasion its solemnity and seriousness were somewhat dented by the sudden arrival of a very pretty little girl of about four or five , who ran down the centre aisle towards the priest , her pig-tails flying , calling , ‘ Zio Padee ! |
| 21 | If the organ music swells this Christmas as we run down the lanes of childhood in search of sentiment or the values of yesterday , and if the early darkness on Christmas evening finds us replete and empty at the same time , maybe its because we have left the Josephs of this world alone in their silent day and all too silent night . |
| 22 | We run down the other end and have a go at Sunderland fans … and like against Villa when they all got pushed onto the pitch … we 're all in there … |
| 23 | Gavers , naturally checking on his fellow lensmen , added : ‘ The camera work was superb , especially the one running down the line on the rails . |
| 24 | When she come round the middle girl she brought a friend with her and Ashley was with us so we ran down the dyke |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 26 | Philip ran down the bracken bank to the gate and watched him run down the field to Mrs Wright who was walking slowly down the field . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | More effective was the rush by two of the protection squad firing their tommies as they ran down the ship 's steep gangplank . |
| 29 | To her enormous relief she suddenly saw it running down the passage , she leant against the wall , how tiresome of that spider to come to her when it might have gone to anyone else . |
| 30 | He ran down the bank , Lee following him . |