Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv prt] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing is absolutely certain and that is nearly all the US companies that set out down the T.Q.M. route 10 years ago are still convinced they took the right decision . |
| 2 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 3 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 4 | They both chuckled and passed on down the road . |
| 5 | The Asian security man unlocked the door to the documentary department office and loped off down the corridor with a distracted smile on his face . |
| 6 | Mr. Decker grinned weakly , made a vague gesture with his hand and moved off down the aisle to buy an ice cream . |
| 7 | In fact , he did begin to run , but then he stopped , abruptly , right in the entrance , turned round , and peered back down the tunnel . |
| 8 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
| 9 | ‘ I said , ‘ Get lost ’ , and pushed past him and staggered off down the corridor . |
| 10 | Dorothea did not even mind when she lost her grip and wandered off down the avenues of the past , for sometimes she could accompany her , at any rate part of the way , and |
| 11 | He checked that she was all right , then told her he 'd be back in a while and wandered off down the aisle . |
| 12 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 13 | When the daylight drained from the winter sky , like steel growing cold , some of the humans got into their vehicles and drove off down the lane . |
| 14 | He produced a knife , ordered the taxi driver to stop , forced all but one of the prison officers out of the car , and drove off down the M40 towards London . |
| 15 | " I 'm off home , She waved and cycled off down the High Street . |
| 16 | You 're a fool , boy , ’ he said , and clumped off down the hall . |
| 17 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 18 | We abandoned the attempt to reach Hveravellir , accepted that the weather and conditions were against us and retreated back down the valley towards civilization . |
| 19 | One of the men waved in his direction and he waved back , kept his head down and hurtled on down the track . |
| 20 | Iris stuck her fork in the earth and trundled off down the garden with her barrow while Melissa went indoors , reported her problem to the telephone engineers and wandered back to the kitchen . |
| 21 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 22 | Outside I turned my back on the stairs and walked on down the passage . |
| 23 | He said good-night to his nurse and to the receptionist and walked off down the street , across Wigmore Street towards Henrietta Place . |
| 24 | He stood up , flexed his powerful shoulders and having pulled on a jerkin and breeches , went through to the kitchen , ate a hunk of fresh-baked bread and walked off down the steep narrow hill that led between stone cottages to Mother Russell 's alehouse , where the Pascoe girls earned their living . |
| 25 | Waggoner quietly got to his feet and walked off down the 17th . |
| 26 | She turned and walked back down the hall to the lift . |
| 27 | I forgot eggs , ’ he called , and scampered off down the stairs to get some from an early dairy around the corner . |
| 28 | He went outside , shutting the large doors silently and started off down the concrete road . |
| 29 | Alfred Hedgehog climbed up the bank of the canal and started off down the trail . |
| 30 | The Marshal nodded to him and started back down the ill-lit , dusty staircase . |