Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Isabel had plenty of spirit , Guy reminded himself , ruthlessly stamping down on the protectiveness the sight of her always seemed to arouse in him . |
| 2 | My eyes shut , I could see that napkin fluttering down through the mushroom cloud . |
| 3 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
| 4 | The man was standing beside the stream , arms folded , gazing down at the water . |
| 5 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 6 | She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile . |
| 7 | Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring . |
| 8 | She sat , leaning her cheek on her hand , gazing down at the dog , her flaming hair falling untidily down her back , and over her shoulders , and glistening in the light from the candelabrum on the mantel and the glow of the fire . |
| 9 | She frowned , gazing down at the table , she even bared her teeth . |
| 10 | We drank the tea squatting in the shade , gazing down over the desert and the river valley . |
| 11 | In a hundred years ' time a solitary figure might well be seen on a lonely road gazing down into the valley , wondering about ‘ Little Hintock ’ . |
| 12 | At the end of the gallery the girl halted , gazing down into the hall through one of the archways cut into the wall . |
| 13 | In another mood , while gazing down into the vapour one could imagine the turbulent creation of the Earth with the alpha tracks like mountain ranges constantly forming , disappearing and reforming . |
| 14 | He stopped , mouth agape , gazing down across the Sound where Luch up on the roof was pointing . |
| 15 | ‘ BEST decision I 've ever made in my life , ’ said Des Walker , gazing down from the terrace of his Genoese apartment at sunlit rocks and ocean . |
| 16 | On her ice cream round she lost her temper , bringing down on the head of the ringleader the entire tray of ice cream . |
| 17 | Sleek towers that were telescoping down into the undercity , leaving great smooth plazas where they had previously reared , chequerboard-patterned spaces with a hint of roof outlines . |
| 18 | Ember , thumping down from the sunflower against the bitter chocolate of the Martian sky . |
| 19 | Leaving the grassland behind , the terrain became more barren with cliffs and rocks tumbling down into the sea . |
| 20 | Louise cried out as she felt her body tumbling down into the blackness . |
| 21 | To its horror it will find itself slipping and sliding , tumbling down at the mercy of its foes . |
| 22 | Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour , these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below . |
| 23 | Dyson let the clutch in with a belated jerk which brought some hard and heavy object tumbling down from the dashboard to hit Bill Waddy on the knee and roll away out of sight beneath the front seats . |
| 24 | In course of time McKenzie did just that and the four divers slipped over the side , touching down on the deck of the Delos just over an hour after leaving the Ariadne . |
| 25 | Scott brought his hand crashing down on the desk top , his face pale with rage , the vein at his temple throbbing . |
| 26 | He raises it over his head and brings it crashing down on the back of the man 's head ; once , twice , three times . |
| 27 | As Bamber explains , such high expectations of the work , and an unrealistic idealism surrounding ‘ caring ’ and the medical model of illness , ‘ come crashing down with the reality of work experience ’ . |
| 28 | He said that his men were held back by the heat of the fire , which stripped plaster from the walls , burnt floorboards and brought ceilings crashing down onto the ground floor of the semidetached house . |
| 29 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |
| 30 | The ground trembled and over-head many bikes , toy tractors , etc. strung above the ceiling for display purposes , came crashing down upon the team . |