Example sentences of "[v-ing] down [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood for a minute or so gazing down expressionlessly at the pale , bloodless face of the Prophet . |
| 2 | The statues came tumbling down all over the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | In any case , sparks were riding the breeze and touching down far across the river in hidden gardens and remote rickyards . |
| 4 | He speaks English in a curious way , that improbable Dutch-accent tongue slapping down hard on the vowels , like shoe leather on a dry pavement . |
| 5 | The position of the outlets on the fascia board can be determined by a plumbline hanging down centrally over the gully or drain inlet . |
| 6 | Part of the rope still swung there , hanging down directly over the water . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do n't think either ourselves or Forest will be struggling down there at the end of the season . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Ah just like to know the company Ah 'll be keepin' down there in the Southern Ocean . ’ |
| 9 | She peered out into the office , winding down now at the end of the first day : at the two constables scribbling notes at their desk , at another sitting at the HOLMES computer , at a WPC glancing through the actions book . |
| 10 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 11 | Yes , well fortunately this whole Gulf thing seems to have died down will be dying down just at the right time . |
| 12 | Now the cartoon Princess stops at the point where she is clad in sexy underwear , instead of stripping down further to the G-string . |
| 13 | Larger areas of track can be lifted off by applying Sellotape , pressing down firmly onto the offending artwork , and then lifting off sharply . |
| 14 | What did they all think now , I wondered , all those German people living down there in the wreckage of their homes , remembering how their Fuhrer had promised them that not one bomb would fall upon the Fatherland ? |
| 15 | At ten-thirty next morning Captain Maestrangelo stood at the window in his office looking down intently at the street . |
| 16 | He was standing there , at the window , looking down thoughtfully through the broad crowns of the trees . |
| 17 | Probably the most historic and also the most photogenic is that of the counts of Kyburg , perched high above woodlands and looking down fiercely on the river Toss . |
| 18 | ‘ Mighty magic , ’ commented the barbarian , pushing down heavily on the complaining blade with a hand the size of a ham . |
| 19 | For a moment I felt better , then my face chanced to come alongside the face of a three-foot-high king in a crown — I 'd been pushing down hard on the bishop 's corpse memory , now he reared up again … |
| 20 | Lower the tile into place tapping down lightly with the ball of your fist . |
| 21 | He thought of Pearce , swept away and eviscerated ; lying down there in the basement like some horrifying animal-skin rug . |
| 22 | Stop that sniggering down there in the typing pool — what do you suppose the spellchecker in Microsoft Corp 's Word word processor suggests when it comes to Pentium and does n't recognise it ? |
| 23 | Peering down dubiously at the envelope , Monica departed to the bus-stop in the main road , and Alice went in to join the others around the table . |
| 24 | so that 's what I 'm saying not this Wednesday but next Wednesday I 'll be going down straight in the morning |
| 25 | While the weight of the waste we all throw away has been going down slightly over the last twenty years , ( because things like glass , plastic bottles and cans have become thinner ) , the volume of waste has been rising . |
| 26 | Secondly , it 's very important for me , as the head of a record company , to research what 's going down well on the dancefloor ’ |
| 27 | I thought that , in spite of the noise of the birds , I would have heard a hammer going down there along the cliffs . |
| 28 | I 've got to do javelin and I do n't like going down there in the wet . |
| 29 | The impression was reinforced by Elton squatting down comfortably on the front-stage light box mid-story . |
| 30 | If one end of the comb is higher than the other , it can not do its job of pulling down evenly on the stitches . |