Example sentences of "[noun sg] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She waited as the woman disappeared into one of the inner offices , moving to the window and taking a look down into the street . |
| 32 | They were on the brow of a little hill and Sara walked farther on to look down on the county spread in front of her , idly trying to recognise familiar landmarks — It was a travel-ad view — neat lush fields , trim hedgerows , a farmhouse nestling in amongst its windbreak of trees , a sheet of yellow on the far hills where a field of mustard was in bloom , and for the rest , a thousand different shades of the greens of high summer , a piece of England basking in the sun and as beautiful as any foreign strand . |
| 33 | A new scar ran from the line of his jaw down into the collar of his open tunic , and Jehan guessed that Artai had broken the law which forbade the ill-treatment of captives , and he frowned . |
| 34 | The little B&B down by the harbour was far more in keeping with the thread of the sea that had kept with me the whole day 's travel from west to east coast Scotland . |
| 35 | We let the grating fall back and throw the last branch down into the darkness ; it catches on the branches stuck near the top of the shaft . |
| 36 | His voice was offhand , as he strode in and put his neat briefcase down on the desk . |
| 37 | And as often happens , United were so committed to attack , that they left the drawbridge down at the back and Lemon scored another in the last minute to make it Hereford 1 ; Chesterfield 3 . |
| 38 | The ideal organization and the one which has the best chance of success is one where , if you ask anybody from the chairman down to the newest recruit on the shop floor what that business is trying to do , you 'd get the same answer . |
| 39 | At last Couville put his goblet down on the floor beside him . |
| 40 | Clinton put his goblet down on the table , bade us good night and walked softly away . |
| 41 | a little bit down into the . |
| 42 | Three months into the financial year — for which the directors were forecasting 25 per cent growth in turnover , to £4 million — Tozer admits sales are ‘ a bit down on the plans to date ’ . |
| 43 | But Robinson said : ‘ Ian is a bit down after the tour and I think once he gets a couple of senior games under his belt things will work out . ’ |
| 44 | She supposed she was feeling a bit down in the dumps , apprehensive too about celebrating Christmas Day at the Danbys . |
| 45 | Some were very angry , they thought it would last for ever ; yes a bit down in the dumps , especially the younger people , some old people looked forward to it . |
| 46 | Erm does n't do much to lift your spirits if you 're getting up feeling a bit down in the morning . |
| 47 | Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out . |
| 48 | so , he said that she 's feeling a bit down in the dumps and quite moody . |
| 49 | Four boys , drunk to the wide , started a mock fight down by the park railings . |
| 50 | But this does not go far enough for us and er shortly we will be moving another amendment which will take the council 's budget down to the standard spending assessment and I will speak to that er when I come to move that amendment . |
| 51 | When we were kill-pricking we used to put a sack down on the floor and lie on our bellies using a bodkin to clear holes . |
| 52 | I lay the bike down on the grass , turn back to the shed , slowly push open the door … peer inside … without entering . |
| 53 | Fine cut lawns and terraced gardens lead from the main building down to the lake , and a pretty little pebble beach with safe swimming . |
| 54 | Is there a notice board down at the the that one of those could be put on ? |
| 55 | I mean normally er this morning for instance , normally I park on the big car park down near the the river there , |
| 56 | She waited until he had passed through the door that led to the stairs ; then she covered up the trays of now cooling toffee , put a saucer of milk down for the cat , stroked the animal 's purring head , saying the while , ‘ Now you get to work , Flotsie , and put your score up tonight , ’ then she went out , and locked the door . |
| 57 | Barney gave in to her pleas , and agreed to transport the canoe down to the Little Avon river on the roof-rack of the Armstrong after lunch . |
| 58 | And he actually took her arm , quite simply and confidently , and rushed her on the wings of his enthusiasm down through the green complexities of the bowl , between the crisp , serrated walls , across the fragments of tiled pavement , past the forum pillars , down to where the emerald turf sloped off under a token wire barrier to the riverside path and the waters of the Comer . |
| 59 | And like a well-trained dog I stuck an arm in the air and said , ‘ I 'm putting my foot down for the Telethon , how about you ? ’ |
| 60 | I watched the cars stopping to pay their money at the toll-house and wondered if any of the drivers were tempted to put their foot down on the accelerator and go Zoom-Crash ! down to the bottom of the gorge . |