Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touching down on Luqa 's main runway , heading east and sitting on the port side of the aircraft , the aviation-oriented visitor to the Island is drawn to a distinctive sight within the village of Kirkop , just of the Airport 's southern perimeter road , three fins ! |
| 2 | After touching down at Antigua 's V C Bird airport , the party boarded a Carib Air airplane to the nearby island of Nevis , where the party will stay at the ‘ spartan ’ 16-room Montpelier Plantation Inn . |
| 3 | Her dark-clad arm now overlapped the armrest , a loop of sleeve hanging down on Alice 's side . |
| 4 | The Act was a success , although the ‘ particulates ’ ( mainly soot ) raining down over Britain 's cities had anyway been gradually decreasing since the 1920s . |
| 5 | Since the new rule was rubber stamped last Monday , the blows raining down upon racing 's legislators in Portland Square , London , have come from fairly predictable sources . |
| 6 | " And taken a knife to them , " Graham said , looking down at Slater 's legs and shrugging his arm free of the light grip which held it . |
| 7 | Up there on the top step , looking down on Lucenzo 's bright fair head , she felt as if she stood on the brink of a great change in her life . |
| 8 | From his own height of well above six feet , Clive Fairbrother was always surprised to find himself looking down on Richard 's imperiously poised head . |
| 9 | ‘ You at least have confidence in him , ’ Owen said , thoughtfully frowning down at Hotspur 's vehement hand . |
| 10 | I 'm going down into Lucifer 's atmosphere in a starsuit . |
| 11 | She had spoken of meeting the following weekend and going down to Juliet 's . |
| 12 | Rachel even thought of going down to Phoebe 's bed room and using her phone to reassure the outside world , and protect themselves from its invasion . |
| 13 | Erm , they 're going down to Bicknoller erm , to stay with her mum . |
| 14 | What time you going down to Vera 's ? |
| 15 | As God drives back the waters so that they can cross in safety , and as he sends the wall of water rushing down upon Pharaoh 's forces , Israel learns the truth of Moses ' words : " The Lord will fight for you , and you have only to be still " ( 14:14 ) . |
| 16 | If you 've got no choice but to get out and walk then you are gon na have to do that , and that 's all very well being a day like today , where it 's not pouring down with rain er , you 're not walking in a pitch black area , but if you do suddenly change that and you put it into those sort of , well that sort of scenario you 'll find it 's very , very , frightening . |
| 17 | If his betrayal had n't led to her breaking down in Lisa 's presence , she might never have discovered her assistant 's unexpected resources . |
| 18 | POLICE are clamping down on Scarborough 's night clubs and it is likely that the licence of one of them could be threatened . |
| 19 | Robyn pressed her hand to her mouth , read his words two — three times , staring down at Mark 's writing to where that name was etched indelibly in black ink , and felt as if the anguish had paralysed every part of her . |
| 20 | The boy had crept up behind him and was standing , staring down at Philip 's diagram of the trap . |
| 21 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 22 | Coming down to children er , are doing wilful damage and er graffiti and all this sort of thing . |
| 23 | Er we are a bit er vexed at the management er they are sitting down to slits er splay s tt split slates . |
| 24 | ‘ What is it ? ’ he said , crouching down by Prentice 's side . |
| 25 | Felipe heard it too and he raised his head , smiling down into Maggie 's flushed face . |