Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 2 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 3 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 4 | She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together . |
| 5 | I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door . |
| 6 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 7 | ‘ Is that why you turned down the fifth series ? ’ |
| 8 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |
| 9 | Hurriedly , she jotted down the last few words , and started back out , but it was too late . |
| 10 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
| 11 | Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher . |
| 12 | She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step . |
| 13 | I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’ |
| 14 | They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence . |
| 15 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 16 | This regime , however , did not always guarantee a satisfactory result , as in the case of the tower he added to Wroxton church , Oxfordshire ( 1747–8 ) , the top stage of which rapidly collapsed — as Walpole pointedly reported : ‘ Mr Miller … unluckily once in his life happened to think rather of beauty than of the water-tables , and so it fell down the first winter ’ — but that does not seem to have affected his popularity . |
| 17 | As he strode down the 18th in the morning alongside Parry , the pair looking like the leaders of the Lilliput Open , he appeared every inch of his 64 ( to Parry 's 66 ) a champion . |
| 18 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 19 | He washed down the last of the bread with a mouthful of tea and stood up . |