Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] down [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIX of Barlaston 's best are heading down Wembley Way aiming to bring home a national aerobics competition . |
| 2 | It 's such a waste of time when they could be tracking down criminals amount of time . |
| 3 | Sitting in the foyer of their Salzburg hotel — between ‘ shoots ’ , obviously — Paul , guitarist brother Niall and drumming hair bear Ashley Keating are gulping down mineral water , babbling on about the ‘ fierce ’ sights of Austria and generally behaving like men who are having a blinking good time , thank record companies very much . |
| 4 | Off the field , Celtic are playing down weekend speculation that they 're about to announce the first instalment of finance for the Cambuslang stadium development . |
| 5 | ‘ Where were they when we were running down U-boat alley ? ’ he used to demand , and the boys would shake their heads dutifully , and William with some embarrassment on account of being half American himself . |
| 6 | Instead he fairly hustled his big body along , as if it were a laggardly prisoner he was escorting down death row . |