Example sentences of "[conj] ran down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw sacks of meal and gleaming dates , boxes of over-ripe figs with the seeds oozing out , and she stepped carefully over a stream of something unthinkable that ran down the centre of the street . |
| 2 | At last she straightened up , rubbing at the soreness in her back , aware of her hot , dishevelled appearance , of the small rivulets of sweat that ran down the valley between her breasts . |
| 3 | Terry sat looking anxious while Ellie carefully unpicked , altered , moved all the tiny buttons that ran down the back , rearranged the small bustle , put little tucks into the bustline to make it fit more snugly . |
| 4 | The harbour wall was made of solid concrete in fact the only thing that was n't concrete was the wood that ran down the harbour wall . |
| 5 | Trails of yellowish fluid dribbled from the pockets , and ran down the waistcoat . |
| 6 | And she slipped like a ghost into the shadows and ran down the gallery . |
| 7 | Marler collected his suitcase and executive case from his room and ran down the staircase in search of Leonora Buckmaster to pay his respects . |
| 8 | Kathleen grumbled , and climbed out of the tub , grabbed a towel and ran down the hall . |
| 9 | He jumped down quickly from his brake-van and ran down the line shouting a warning . |
| 10 | He got up and ran down the rock . |
| 11 | He pulled himself up and turned and ran down the avenue after her corps , past slow-moving cars , whose occupants stared at him curiously . |
| 12 | When the men had gone back to the Inn Allen dropped out of the tree and ran down the slope to her . |