Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the white-chinned petrel makes an occasional sortie past or drops down in the tussac . |
| 2 | Furthermore , water running down the outside of the Pertex helps to draw out some of the water that penetrated through to the Parameta.a The rest stays there and evaporates in the wind or trickles down between the layers . |
| 3 | One that goes down on the floor ! |
| 4 | They 'd there 's a little back staircase that goes down to the kitchens — sorry , lad , galley ! |
| 5 | But not to go all the way to Saint-Palais ; rather , after eight miles , turn to the right , over a crest , along a very minor road that goes down to the hamlet and caves of Isturits . |
| 6 | All that water that goes th that goes down through the machines is all sent back to top |
| 7 | Erm imaginary line that goes down through the middle of a ball , yes , through there Jupiter . |
| 8 | Below the chin is a pouch that hangs down like a dewlap . |
| 9 | It has a history that goes back to Morgan and Drake , a history of piracy and corruption that reaches down to the present day . |
| 10 | ‘ A sweeping white beach fringed with date palms and oleanders … a sea so blue , you 'll think it was made in Heaven … luxury five-star accommodation , with a bar that reaches down to the water 's edge , and an internationally-famed restaurant where the food is as sensational as the setting … |
| 11 | Through into the dining room , a bay window overlooks the front lawn that slopes down to the stream . |
| 12 | It 's an Italian design and is the only one we could find that folds down into a little square shape . |
| 13 | Or install some sort of screen , dividing panel , a blind that lets down from the ceiling , and even a stack of wine racks which would make a substantial and permanent wall in themselves . |
| 14 | Even here , some annual changes might be seen such as the amount of detritus that showers down from the ocean surface or the species of animal sheltering in the cave . |
| 15 | ‘ This part of the kitchen was originally a coal shed and it was a very dark and dingy area , ’ Pauline explains , ‘ so we knocked down the adjoining wall and opened up the staircase that comes down into the corner of the kitchen . |
| 16 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 17 | After a further mile towards Chapel-le-Dale , a track turns off the road to the left and goes down to the beck in the valley bottom , arriving at a section roofed by a natural arch of considerable length . |
| 18 | Roy , 37 , even leaves Janette in the dead of night and goes down to the bar hoping to catch a glimpse of his beloved spirit . |
| 19 | Cross the road and take path going north-north-east which then bears left to Stoke Ridge and goes down to the bend in the road at Stoke Pero . |
| 20 | Draws near and flops down on the seat . |
| 21 | The last is a source of amusement for Waggoner 's family and friends , who find it delightfully bizarre that a man who weighs around 300 pounds and dresses down with a passion should pen a guide to etiquette and fashion for the vaunted Esquire magazine . |
| 22 | Miss Phillips 's performance is really a series of inappropriate costumes by Pierre Balmain and the actress wafts around in a lilac voile morning trouser suit , a black cocktail number , dresses up to resemble a wasp and dresses down in a riot of patchwork heliotrope , orange , purple , blue and green . |
| 23 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 24 | Marie squints like she 's hurt herself and squats down by the chair . |
| 25 | She stumbles after him , and lies down on the bed . |
| 26 | A heron appears , flapping ponderously across the voe and drops down beside a second bird I have n't seen , which is standing motionless in the shallows . |
| 27 | From here it follows the route of the prehistoric Sewstern Lane and drops down to the Grantham Canal . |
| 28 | Without warning , Laverne raises his hands in the air , yells at the top of his voice , and bears down on the snake . |
| 29 | A short flight of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area . |
| 30 | The path traverses round this peak and leads down to the Old Church of Martindale ( 2.5 miles ) . |