Example sentences of "[v-ing] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clinging to the hillside amid scenic splendour , these houses sternly defy gravity by not tumbling down to the sea below . |
| 2 | But the orchestra is playing a medley from Fiddler on the Roof , the audience is clapping impatiently in time and , horror or horrors , I can see now there are no stairs — just a long slide circling down to the stage 60 feet away . |
| 3 | I spent a little while there and enjoyed a helicopter trip for the very first time , although not without considerable trepidation having once or twice seen pictures of them whizzing down to the ground in pieces . |
| 4 | Dawdling down to the village on this spurious errand , Alexandra was consumed with impatient curiosity . |
| 5 | Attached to it was a sash cord , linked to a rope hanging down to the track . |
| 6 | The Immense parasites twining round the trees taking root some of them at the tops of the trees and hanging down to the ground , others surrounding the trees like a crown — heard the bell bird with his incessant ting ting , the coachwhip bird & c. — a heavy shower of rain accompanied by lightning — soon cleared up — every green thing looked more beautiful for its sprinkling . ’ |
| 7 | He was breathless with the effort of clinging precariously to the limited footholds and it was time , he decided , to risk climbing down to the ground . |
| 8 | ‘ I was all right walking down to the pit until I met the group of supporters then I had to crack . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't want you walking down to the pub in this , in the dark cold night . |
| 10 | At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’ |
| 12 | I continue walking down to the north section of West India Dock , to the Sugar Warehouses . |
| 13 | That night , walking down to the lodge to do her shift , she was surprised to see Matthew deep in discussion with two members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . |
| 14 | So she changed direction again and found herself walking down to the prom and out along the beach to Seal Sands Lock . |
| 15 | They were beings like Miach , a crowd of them walking down to the shore from the forest . |
| 16 | who was walking down to the telephone kiosk and asked all the questions about the area so that I |
| 17 | Are you walking down to the garage ? |
| 18 | Are n't you walking down to the garage ? |
| 19 | Walking down to the garage ? |
| 20 | He was very normal , you could see him walking down to the bank Monday to Friday , but he 's got this completely eccentric side to him . ’ |
| 21 | Walking down to the newsagent 's in the village I ran through the events of the preceding evening again . |
| 22 | A roadside gate opposite admits to a field sloping down to the river ( no path ; no right of way so seek permission to visit ) where , in a wild and impressive setting , the Dee , here flowing in a deep ravine , leaps in a waterfall into a deep pool beneath a high canopy of trees . |
| 23 | It was not in any way grand : simply a solid nineteenth-century country residence with a small courtyard and a pleasant garden sloping down to the river ; the sort of place , Celia reckoned , which had been built for a man of some substance : a prosperous merchant or , more likely , a gentleman farmer , the land having been incorporated into the nearby estate . |
| 24 | " When you get into the field you can see the wood sloping down to the river . |
| 25 | A wooden gate at the side of the house led to a neatly tended garden at the back , the lawn sloping down to the river , with a path of paving stones laid along the middle , ending on the edge of the waters at what looked like a small landing-stage , perhaps once used to moor a small boat or punt , but apparently ( as Lewis shone his torch across it ) not in recent use . |
| 26 | And I went storming down to the office , did n't I ? |
| 27 | A much more glorious surprise was achieved on Fylde Flyer by Piggott after he and the rest of the Abernant Stakes field had been kept waiting in a cold , damp wind while Snaadee took his own unconscionable time about wandering down to the start . |
| 28 | She was looking down to the garden gate , which at that moment Greg Hocking was closing carefully behind him . |
| 29 | There is a huge sign here below the Allt Coire Giubhsachan , a steep , slabby waterfall cascading down to the edge of the car park , that yells , ‘ WARNING ! |
| 30 | He cites the Chinese gesture of bowing down to the ground nine times before an emperor . |