Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shuttle bus operates to the hotel 's reserved section of beach at San Maria , which is accessed via 70 steps down from the road and has a beach bar . |
| 2 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 3 | The alluvial soil on which the city stood was frozen all year round but thawed a few feet down during the summer . |
| 4 | Old Ian Strachan locked himself in the bedroom with old Caroline Pickthorn , and old Peter Staithes pissed out of the window and threw empty bottles down into the basement area . |
| 5 | They appointed their own French administrators down to the lowest levels , leaving the Annamese powerless and humiliated in their own land . |
| 6 | The harvest was reported on Sept. 19 as being 40,000,000 tonnes down on the amount at the same time in 1990 . |
| 7 | He gave us an official letter to show the military commanders we might bump into along the way , and sent one of his high-ranking aides down to the dock to see us off . |
| 8 | ‘ Nevertheless , Mrs Atkins , I would appreciate it if you could answer a few questions down at the station … ’ |
| 9 | The sky was soon dark and the sound of heavy bombs exploding died away , to be replaced by shells passing over the orchard from the British guns down by the river Orne . |
| 10 | Yep , someone behind the goal had it , about 30 yards down to the left of where we were sat . |
| 11 | But she and Matthew had had so many cold steely little tussles these last few weeks over so many small things — like the panelling in the hall and cutting some trees down at the side of the house which she said darkened the drawing-room and which he had gone berserk about — that Sara did not feel she could be obstructive again . |
| 12 | Therefore , for 600 rpm , the attitude change would be 3 half-bars , that is a change of one and a half bars down from the existing attitude . |
| 13 | Not only did he have to keep wafting a smoke machine to create that distinctive curry house fug , and smoking cigarettes down to the level of the previous scene ; he also had to keep up a steady supply of fresh poppadums . |
| 14 | At 3600 m on Mount Erebus , Ross Island , where no surface vegetation was apparent , Janetschek ( 1963 ) recorded bacteria , blue-green algae and microfungi a few centimetres down in the volcanically-warmed soil . |
| 15 | ( 10 ) If the property is leasehold : ( a ) please confirm that the seller has complied with all the covenants in the lease ; ( b ) does the seller know whether any items of substantial expenditure for decoration , maintenance or repair have been carried out by the lessors recently but not yet charged to tenants , or are any such contemplated in the near future ? ( 11 ) Is the seller aware of any overriding interest under the Land Registration Act 1925 , s70(1) ? ( 12 ) Please confirm : ( a ) that all gas and electrical installations are the seller 's absolute property and are included in the purchase price ; ( b ) that the electric light installations down to the bulb holders will be left intact ; ( c ) that all furniture , furnishings and fittings not included in the sale and all rubbish will be removed before completion . |
| 16 | The data indicate a high geothermal gradient extending from shallow crustal depths down to the mantle , with melt probably present at 50km depth . |
| 17 | ‘ Just go down the plaza here , turn right into the old section of the building , and it 's a few doors down on the right . |
| 18 | Seen outside the ‘ homely ’ Bull & Gate pub — just a few doors down from the Town & Country Club where your beloved NME is currently holding its superlative week of talent flaunting — a small sad notice fluttering in the wake of the jostling NICK CAVE-bound hordes , announcing : ‘ HURRAH , onstage tonight at 10.30pm . |
| 19 | It is almost certain that we shall not be able to mount a nationwide sample survey with sub-samples taken from the Scottish Highlands down to the West Country . |
| 20 | As soon as I dropped about 70 feet down towards the restaurant , via the tourist runway with its ridiculous little suburban garden fences bordering the steps , the wind ceased and I stepped out of the snow . |
| 21 | These are nervous times down at the Manor Ground . |
| 22 | The broadening market for computer equipment suits Japanese manufacturers down to the ground . |
| 23 | The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth . |
| 24 | There is a big bundle of feathers called the incubator bird which lays its eggs six feet down in the hot black sand , and whose offspring emerge huge and fully feathered against the heat . |
| 25 | These specialised workers , known to entomologists as repletes , never leave the nest but inhabit galleries six feet down in the red earth . |
| 26 | The pound slipped against the German mark and closed nearly six cents down against the US dollar . |
| 27 | But the point to notice is that a key part of humanist thought , from the early Greeks down to the twentieth century , is the attempt to justify man 's knowledge by his reason alone , denying the necessity of faith in general and God 's revelation in particular . |
| 28 | Marovitz and the Jeanetta Cochrane were early tenants down in the lower depths . |
| 29 | The new works was originally an old depot and now treats water , from two borehole 100 metres down on the site , for 35,000 customers . |
| 30 | That meant , quite apart from anything else , the inevitable combination of Liberalism and Non-Conformity Over successive generations in the Hockin household , Gladstone and Lloyd George , as well as the current line-up of Liberal MPs down in the West Country were names mentioned in almost reverential tones . |