Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] down [art] " in BNC.

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1 He fired again , and felt the lesser kick which told him the ball had only lodged half-way down the barrel .
2 Holding his young son in front of him in a sort of cruel parody of his wedding procession , he was humiliatingly marched publicly down the full length of the new Chandni Chowk .
3 In the process she had made a lightning circumnavigation of the British Isles and was now steaming hard down the west coast while we returned by the eastern route .
4 Grip lashes with the curlers as close to the roots as possible and hold for five seconds , then repeat halfway down the lashes .
5 They paused a moment longer , then moved further down the gallery , inspecting each exhibit , checking any books which could be the hidden Grimoire .
6 It is not a simple matter of a king giving his orders which then pass smoothly down an organized chain of command .
7 It gave way beneath her , she fell and then rolled helplessly down the aisle .
8 They went into free-fall for half the distance and then floated gently down the rest of the way .
9 I was about to make quietly down the hillside when he moved .
10 In such conditions you can fish the river as if it were a canal , with very little weight either spread equally down the line , or grouped just below half way with a dropper about twelve inches above the hook .
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