Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] down the " in BNC.

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1 Brother and sister walk down the gang-plank
2 Hopefully much will be computerised like the FAA 's at present , where the form and the ECG go down the phone line to America .
3 He saw a tall boy slide down the door of the shop and lie still on the pavement .
4 Both guitars have solid spruce tops , although the D-32's is closer-grained and prettier , and both are bound in faintly-flamed maple for a combination of looks and durability , with a decorative maple stripe down the centre of the back .
5 Madness had a smell , as Kathleen Lavender had watched the very old body move down the garden path .
6 And always when a funeral come down the school road , there 's blinds would be taken down as well .
7 She saw only her darling come down the room Nicandra might have walked alone , so unaware was Aunt Tossie , for the moment , of the little friend .
8 She turned and walked the long clicking walk down the floor ( the shop strangely quenched of sound and movement ) , tugged back hard on the glass door and with a shake of shiny hair had passed into the random straggle of the street .
9 Drops of water trickle down the panes of glass .
10 Create the wrong fiscal package and a Third World country 's chances of development go down the tube .
11 How could such an affliction strike down the Liverpool manager , a 38-year-old fitness fanatic , who was playing in midfield for Scotland and Liverpool only two years ago ?
12 Here 's a quick summary on how to use it : from the Program Manager pop down the File menu and choose New , Program Item , Browse .
13 Kelly was excellent at right back , as was Dorigo on the left : once in the first half he stepped in from the left to tidy up the ball from charging Ippo players , strolled over to the right , and set up a counter attack down the flank , all with great ease ; he looks great .
14 When they were asked afterwards , both Owen and North admitted that they had never imagined ‘ a victory march down the streets of Managua ’ .
15 On a single sheet of paper write down the main message of the report .
16 tent dress down the aisle When I look at
17 If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs .
18 An optional helicopter ride down the canyon can be arranged for you by your escort .
19 John Gallagher 's 39th-minute drop goal gave Leeds the edge at 7–6 until Eastwood , 26 , struck after a blistering 40-yard dash down the right flank by Hull centre James Grant .
20 This was not surprising as , after the race , the route of the descent was marked by one giant skid mark down the face of the fell .
21 Daniel Digby , provost of the G-Mek Orbital , has issued a formal denial to allegations by Ayatollah Bakhtiar that fugitive graphic novelist Neil Gaiman has been in hiding in the facility , and has requested that the Pan-Islamic congress stand down the Inter-Satellite Ballistic Missiles currently targeted on them .
22 But the other lot come down the next night , and the night after that , and the night after that , all week they come down , about 40 , 50 of them , from all over …
23 Consider the boys ' version of the ‘ numbers game ’ at the beginning of ‘ Fighting talk ’ : ‘ and the other lot come down the next night , and the night after that and the night after that , all week , about 40 , 50 , from all over … ’
24 He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve .
25 Rightly , the decoration is simple and understated ; a single thin black line separating the spruce from the maple binding , a well-proportioned herringbone soundhole rosette , a marquetry stripe down the centre of the back and small pearl dot-markers running up the fingerboard .
26 Paul Parker had confused Babb into handball after another electrifying break down the right .
27 PLATO 'S WORDS of wisdom echo down the centuries :
28 Instead , ordinary dogwood , wineberries and bamboo ramble down the steep bank to the side of the garden , providing a natural extension to the view of Blaise Park beyond .
29 ‘ I just saw a little skitchy guy come down the fire escape and slip into that alley . ’
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