Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 2 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 3 | I passed down the ward and opened a door at the end of a passage . |
| 4 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 5 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 6 | I wandered down the Rue de la Carbière then I heard the first soul-searing howl : the wolves were back in Paris , hunting for whatever they could find . |
| 7 | I retched down the front of my T-shirt and Scamp stepped back , but it did n't stop his flow . |
| 8 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 9 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 10 | I slammed down the receiver . |
| 11 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 12 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 13 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 14 | At many revolutions per second I came down the green slide into Brixton and beyond . |
| 15 | I wafted down the face and traced out an elegant arc with my bottom turn , squirting a fountain of spume from my rail as I flew back up and pirouetted on the lip . |
| 16 | I drove down the afternoon before and was put up in a small hotel near the studios . |
| 17 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 18 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 19 | I dropped down the slope through a mixture of snow and rocks . |
| 20 | It returned even after I stripped down the tank and started again . |
| 21 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 22 | I shook down the thermometer . |
| 23 | ‘ I climbed down the banking and took this photograph . |
| 24 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 25 | Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief . |
| 26 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 27 | I shuffled down the shingle until I felt the mush of dry seaweed , and then I explored it with my hands — yes , it was just the stuff one would expect , weed , and here and there a bit of wood . |
| 28 | Incidentally , I knocked down the girders that were to go to develop a new pit which would come from Monktonhall into those reserves . |
| 29 | I rushed down the dark passage to the lavatory with both hands at my face . |
| 30 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |