Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moaning wind frisks down the coast , kicking up a roaming layer of top-sand in its wake . |
| 2 | Lepage performs some of the text from this letter , and with dizzying theatrical vertigo tumbles down the skyscraper blocks projected onto the screen behind him . |
| 3 | The Old Testament lays down the fundamentals of a Christian social ethic in three major ways . |
| 4 | After her act another blonde in black , thigh length leather boots , studded belt , bra and pants strutted onto the stage , removed her top and stepped up to the front row , where the Koreans stuffed dollar notes down the front of her knickers . |
| 5 | Many will see this paper as a fundamental attack on the NHS , a means by which a free service slides down the slippery slope of privatisation . |
| 6 | The man with the acoustic guitar and stupid headgear launches into an awful rendition of Dire Straits ' Sultan Of Swing , out-of-key hummings taking the place of the Knopfler guitar solo , while his florid chum scampers down the aisle embarrassing travellers to such an extent that they all toss loose change into the jumbo jamjar . |
| 7 | Slip through the wire fence ( obviously bent ) and follow the level until , at a point some 100 yards before a large building ( old engine sheds ) , a vague path drops down the spoil heap to some trees . |
| 8 | Left hand moves down the label to the heading Security Classification . |
| 9 | So Lemmy 's in the pub , arm-wrestling with Hulk Hogan when — ZANG ! — with a mighty kick , a titanium boot laced up with human intestines smashes down the door of rock . |
| 10 | Iskandara had changed into an afternoon dress of soft black wool with huge puffed upper sleeves and rows of little jet buttons down the bodice . |
| 11 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 12 | Right hand puts down the pen and moves to the top drawer of the desk . |
| 13 | If the red ball goes down the edge of the white ball ? |
| 14 | Laura Davies , Sue Strudwick , Trish Johnson and Nicholas yesterday all spoke as one on the subject of how , but for the support they had had from certain European sponsors down the years , they would all be thinking in terms of pulling out of playing in Europe altogether . |
| 15 | A long pewter-topped bar runs down the room . |
| 16 | A special laser breaks down the pigment molecules in the skin , which are then absorbed by the body without scarring . |