Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [conj] down the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'm quite hungry for some breakfast , ’ said Snodgrass , as they followed Caspar along the galleries and down the staircases and through huge , high-ceilinged chambers .
2 After all , up the lads and down the hatch .
3 It had been rather an expensive one as he had gone for a fleecy-lined designer number with flashes of blue , to match his eyes , on the shoulders and down the legs .
4 On the one hand they must move along the lines and down the page ; on the other they must be still if you are to read a word .
5 His blue shirt , open at the neck and showing a mat of black hair , was wet with sweat in the armpits and down the back .
6 However , I did find that after a short time the material began to pill quite badly around the cuffs and down the front .
7 As the teeth sink into the flesh , the pressure of this action squeezes venom out of the glands and down the hollow tubes of the paired fangs .
8 The other three pairs came from the trees and down the sloping fields in complete silence .
9 In the stunned silence that followed , Patrick raced up the stairs and down the hall and had the door open and was actually in the room before another word had been spoken .
10 Alexandra nodded and went quietly up the stairs and down the landing , past the bowls of pot-pourri and prints of wild flowers framed in black and gold , to her own room .
11 We joined the surge out through the doors and down the marble stairs .
12 The beds are cramped together along the walls and down the centre of the ward .
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