Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Corbett stared down into the water . |
| 32 | Dr Neil looked down at the bent blue-black head , and some idea of the enormous concession she was making to him struck home . |
| 33 | Travis looked down at the jade . |
| 34 | Grimma leaned down to the perspiring drivers . |
| 35 | The Battle of Britain was fought over their heads ; there were dog-fights in the Sussex summer skies , a Messerschmitt shot down on the peaceful Downs . |
| 36 | Neil sat down at the table and placed his newspaper on its gaudy oilcloth cover . |
| 37 | Corbett sat down on the truckle bed , lay back , and though he did not intend to , fell into a deep , dreamless sleep . |
| 38 | Pepita set down among the crates to wait for her friend and the rum to reach her . |
| 39 | Reluctantly , Dot slid down from the bed while Loopy Lil beamed kindly , eyes swivelling in all directions and tried to help wash Dot 's face at the wash-stand and brush her hair . |
| 40 | Marie sat down on the bank . |
| 41 | Lucy crouched down by the makeup chair . |
| 42 | Trent dropped down into the galley and took his time searching out a tin of ginger biscuits . |
| 43 | As Hrun bore down on the dragonlord Liartes ' sword came up wickedly , to be caught on the branch . |
| 44 | Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river . |
| 45 | Maud knelt down in the dust . |
| 46 | It was as if Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments to find Christ and the disciples standing in the crowd . |
| 47 | And Moses came down from the mount bearing the two tablets of stone . |
| 48 | Having contemplated the pro 's and con 's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage . |
| 49 | Later in the day , after their shopping expedition , Jessica and Karen drove down to the docks . |
| 50 | Alan climbed down into the vat and began handing the parts to him . |
| 51 | He found him , or was found by him , on the 22nd of June , in the valley of the river Lugg , near Pilleth , where the steep slopes of Bryn Glas hurtled down to the track on one hand , and the flats and meadows of the river hemmed it on the other . |
| 52 | Fenella slithered down from the horse 's back and stood for a moment in the road , feeling the fingers of mist swirl into her face and touch her skin with damp clammy hands . |
| 53 | Simon walked down to the stream and across the bridge to his own cottage , waving with his usual cordiality , which was unfailing because it depended on no cordial impulse . |
| 54 | Sharpe spurred down to the crossroads , touched his hat to the old ladies who were staring with alarm at the two horsemen , then he turned to gaze down the long southwards road that led to Charleroi . |
| 55 | Karen called down from the cockpit , |
| 56 | Ruth looked down at the pool , remembering its silken coolness ; then a pang of horror came . |
| 57 | Ronni blinked down at the glittering sea that was divided from the craggy landscape by a broad silken ribbon of glittering pale gold sand . |
| 58 | When Ruth went down to the lower deck it was a hive of activity , with the strangest thing she had so far seen taking place . |
| 59 | Rincewind looked down at the iconograph , still hanging around his neck . |
| 60 | Chen looked down at the hand that had grasped his own so firmly . |