Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I skidded down the escarpment in high spirits and made a bee-line for the town . |
| 2 | I passed down the ward and opened a door at the end of a passage . |
| 3 | I swam down the coast , carried by the current . |
| 4 | I fled down the cellar and returned with the chopper . |
| 5 | I retched down the front of my T-shirt and Scamp stepped back , but it did n't stop his flow . |
| 6 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 7 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 8 | I slammed down the receiver . |
| 9 | Susan and I sauntered down the aisle and took seats a few rows back . |
| 10 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 11 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 12 | I wafted down the face and traced out an elegant arc with my bottom turn , squirting a fountain of spume from my rail as I flew back up and pirouetted on the lip . |
| 13 | I drove down the afternoon before and was put up in a small hotel near the studios . |
| 14 | I dropped down the slope through a mixture of snow and rocks . |
| 15 | It returned even after I stripped down the tank and started again . |
| 16 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 17 | I shook down the thermometer . |
| 18 | ‘ I climbed down the banking and took this photograph . |
| 19 | ‘ He has suggested , though , that the two practices should merge , and seemed amazed when I turned down the idea . |
| 20 | Then I skipped down the entry ladder with indescribable relief . |
| 21 | Well a cup of whatsername stuff I poured down the sink upstairs rather than get it kicked over because if they come back in a silly state then they 'll knock it all over books . |
| 22 | I shuffled down the shingle until I felt the mush of dry seaweed , and then I explored it with my hands — yes , it was just the stuff one would expect , weed , and here and there a bit of wood . |
| 23 | I left them , I walked down the platform making faces at the blackshirts . |
| 24 | I walked down the aisle , sobbing uncontrollably , in a cream Wallis suit with hand-made replacement buttons costing more than the suit . |
| 25 | ‘ I walked down the aisle in a cream Wallis suit … |
| 26 | Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars . |
| 27 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |
| 28 | It was this image that accompanied me as I walked down the rue de Fleuve , stopping for a final coup d'oeil at the squat church crouching on its gravel ground . |
| 29 | Benjamin and I slithered down the bank . |
| 30 | As I stepped down the steep treads I heard the too loud click of shoe leather on metal . |