Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christopher Hill has emphasised how Milton explicitly has Samson bring down the temple on ‘ Lords , ladies , captains , counsellors , or priests , /Their choice nobility and flower ’ ( 11.1653–4 ) allowing the vulgar [ i.e. the common people ] ‘ who stood without ’ to escape . |
| 2 | Dalgliesh let his eyes slide down the page . |
| 3 | Hearing voices approach down the hall , she threw the paper and envelope into the fire , and then stood up as Senga reappeared , leading a tall serious-faced young man . |
| 4 | British Coal refused to let 150 miners go down the pit at Silverhill , Mansfield . |
| 5 | I let my back slide down the pillar until I was virtually squatting on the floor . |
| 6 | ‘ It is an elevated green , so I did n't actually see the ball go down the hole , ’ he told BPXpress . |
| 7 | A reward of six hundred and fifty pounds is being offered to anyone who can help police track down the killer of a seventy-six-year-old man in Northampton . |
| 8 | ‘ He saw his Dad die down the pit and he could n't save him . |
| 9 | So everybody have document and hit shift F ten and they 're on page nine now if we go , hold down the alt key and type B and you 'll just see er a shimmer go down the screen an then you do n't actually see anything , but if you alt U , everything appears underlined alt K converts everything into small capitals alt S , strikes through everything and alt I italicizes all the words . |
| 10 | Kicking down the side-rest as he jumped clear , he spun round in time to see Mariana slide down the bank . |
| 11 | Watching his mother ride down the valley towards Cherry Tree Farm , George felt a tide of resentment rising against his father . |