Example sentences of "[pers pn] run down [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor .
2 I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door .
3 She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat .
4 Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet .
5 In the dark , panic-stricken by what she 'd done , she ran down the wrong passage , towards the sea instead of towards the land , slipped and fell to her death on the rocks below . ’
6 She had to blink back her tears before she opened the front door , and then she ran down the short tiled path , and , throwing back her shoulders and digging her hands into her pockets , strode down to the parade .
7 We run down the other end and have a go at Sunderland fans … and like against Villa when they all got pushed onto the pitch … we 're all in there …
8 The commandos blew in its steel door , and , leaving Chamberlain , who could hardly help himself along , to guard it , they ran down the long stairway to the pumps 40 feet below .
9 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 .
10 Then he ran down the wooden stair , through the house , out to the lower lawn .
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