Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 2 | It was only when I was actually up there and the music had stopped , and I found myself looking down at a hundred or so expectant faces , that I remembered the magnitude of the task in front of me . |
| 3 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 4 | The most significant change in this respect is the slowing down in the 1980s of the decline in urban populations compared with the previous decade ( Champion , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | It seems once the ice was broken and egos calmed , getting down to the eight key tasks with help from outsiders did not seem so bad after all . |
| 6 | The blade is 7 inches long , and only 1.5 inches wide at the handle , tapering down to a 0.75 inch point . |
| 7 | Gently they lifted the bedraggled form as Bert came lumbering down from the 3 and 4 landing , with Gilbert Forbes behind him , and behind him the trembling form of Jessie , wringing her hands . |
| 8 | Its from the water to the racetrack for our action round-up this week … the Oxfordshire based jaguar racing team have been at Silverstone shaking down for the 24 hour race at Le Mans which fires into action next weekend … |
| 9 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |