Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening in mid-April , Dr Jaffery and I were walking down the Chandni Chowk heading towards the doctor 's rooms in the Ghazi-ud-Din Medresse . |
| 2 | Instead I was looking down the quay to where a pathetically thin girl was walking beside a smartly dressed woman . |
| 3 | And then the whole thing swivelled round in my head , and I was looking down the same chimney from the top , and nothing was about to stop me falling down it . |
| 4 | I was dragged down the hard , concrete steps on to the pavement . |
| 5 | There I was strolling down the scrubby end of the Kings Road , mooching along . |
| 6 | Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel . |
| 7 | As I was struggling down the yard with the fully laden bucket a few minutes later a neighbour , Mrs Woods , saw me . |
| 8 | Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us . |
| 9 | Next morning I was driving down the single village street when I saw Mrs Bailes coming out of the shop . |
| 10 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 11 | she said it was very lonely at night when you were walking down the corridors . |
| 12 | You were coming down the Pheasant pub then were you ? |
| 13 | She turned away , shutting her eyes to adjust them to the darkness , and then with no further hesitation she was going down the rope hand over hand , her feet and knees checking at each knot . |
| 14 | Well I think , she said she was going down the shops , so I said ah can you just wait just a sec , I 'll go and get my wallet and I 'll be down she said not to worry she 'd got money anyway whe when I got there she bumped to Maggi and then you 'd gone and then |
| 15 | She was still shivering and her head felt muzzy , but now she was lying down the boat did n't seem to be doing quite so much heaving and rolling . |
| 16 | In no time at all , she was hurrying down the hallway towards the nursery , where she swept in to announce , ‘ It 's such a glorious day , Mr Turnbull , I think we 'll cut short Richard 's lessons and I 'll take him out in the sunshine . ’ |
| 17 | The sound indicated that she was coming down the mast . |
| 18 | Looking our of the aircraft window , we were flying down the Red Seat coast , the water aquamarine , coral reefs pale and shimmering beneath the water surface . |
| 19 | As we were clattering down the worn red tiles of the corridor , a junior aide bumped into De Gaulle , apologising with great profuseness . |
| 20 | He looked unbelieving and said , ‘ But surely you remember when we were going down the eighth , you were coming up the ninth , and I waved and your wife waved back , and then you waved . ’ |
| 21 | So my sisters er When we was coming down the lanes , now them country lanes , were n't all done nice , they were grass , where the carts used to come through . |
| 22 | In no time at all they were coasting down the slope out of the car park . |
| 23 | As they were walking down the paved way to the Union building , Reynolds asked , ‘ How 's Michael , these days ? ’ |
| 24 | They were driving down the Boulevard St Germain towards the river ; the Seine 's fast-flowing current , parted hard against the piers of the bridges , seemed to Miranda 's eyes to capture the pace and temperament of this city where she felt so happy , where she wanted to stay . |
| 25 | Their brakes must have locked as they were coming down the slope , for there was a twenty-yard slice of chocolate loam where their wheels had scoured the turf . |
| 26 | The old Hollywood was in trouble , almost bankrupt of money and ideas and in disarray ; they were closing down the back lots , demolishing the massive stages and selling off the vacant land for shopping malls and car parks . |
| 27 | they were lying down the other day |
| 28 | Both his arms were covered in seething black sleeves , a moment later and his face was covered with insects , too , and they were pouring down the front of his shirt . |
| 29 | Minutes later the two of them were heading down the gangway . |
| 30 | It were flowing down the both ways down . |