Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 2 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 3 | Harvey sank down into the parched grass . |
| 4 | Having handed over her letter and waved goodbye , Perdita wandered down to the stables . |
| 5 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 6 | Hatch bent down to the plants . |
| 7 | Hari sank down on the bench beside him . |
| 8 | Rex dropped down from the ceiling . |
| 9 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 10 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 11 | Chatterton climbed down to the deck and told me that Robin-Anne had eaten a huge breakfast . |
| 12 | Rocky nodded down at the girl between them . |
| 13 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 14 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 15 | The voice at the other end of the line obliged and Donna pressed down on the cradle to sever the connection before ringing the new number . |
| 16 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
| 17 | Stok walked down into the darkness . |
| 18 | Hennessy looked down at the slip of paper that he was being offered . |
| 19 | Wayne Biggins went down in the box . |
| 20 | Someone 's brother , baby son , or lover he thought and now he was gone : Corbett looked down at the corpse and felt the futility of the death . |
| 21 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |
| 22 | Ken reached down under the bar and produced a homemade sign . |
| 23 | Crouched in the shadows at the curve of the banister , Frankie stared down at the dark jungle of coats and jackets hanging from a row of wall-hooks in the lower corridor . |
| 24 | Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes . |
| 25 | Crossley looked down at the corpse , the breeze bringing the stench of blood and excrement to his nostrils . |
| 26 | And then one evening I rang the bell and then I noticed the lock was up , so I pushed the door open and looked up the stairs , at the same time as Toinette looked down round the door . |
| 27 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 28 | Jinkwa stared down at the creature 's ugly face . |
| 29 | Little Amaru looked down at the street and kicked a can with his red gumboots . |
| 30 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |