Example sentences of "[v-ing] down from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Ember , thumping down from the sunflower against the bitter chocolate of the Martian sky . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Because he believed that Charles just is n't going to make it — and the sovereign 's relationship with her heir has always been difficult — Prince Philip urged her to assert that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne , that she must and will remain for the duration . ’ |
| 5 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 6 | The Vicar then took the text for his sermon from the second lesson , ‘ God loveth a cheerful giver ’ , and was so carried away by his own rhetoric that he absent-mindedly helped himself to most of the grapes hanging down from the top of the pulpit . |
| 7 | People were climbing down from the truck and seemed to be forming another queue . |
| 8 | When we were driving down from the border towards Beni Abbes , we quaked every time we saw police or soldiers . |
| 9 | The character of the whole place is best assessed by walking down from the castle rather than climbing east to west . |
| 10 | Considered as an institutional bridge , Schloss Hartheim was part of my winding down from the experience of the KZ . |
| 11 | In a gallery of stalactites , baobab roots seeking water winding down from the roof , we asked Sapan what the island was called . |
| 12 | Suddenly I stared in amazement , for below me , sloping down from the church , was the Fair field , a broad sweep of land entirely covered with tinkers , caravans , and horses . |
| 13 | It had a long entrance passage sloping down from the east . |
| 14 | The engine compartment had to be outside the cockpit for acoustic and thermal insulation so we introduced a vertical backlight for good rear visibility and blended it into the fins sloping down from the roof , which gave a certain lightness to the rear pillars , This solution has become a constant feature on all Pininfarina Ferraris up to the Testarossa . |
| 15 | He 's bashing down from the campus . |
| 16 | I squelched across tiny burns running in black channels of peat , and stood looking down from the hillside on to the grey roofs of Scaup Farm . |
| 17 | It was all so sudden it made her feel queer ; affecting her stomach like looking down from the top of a cliff or riding on a Big Dipper . |
| 18 | He did n't smile as the Shermans approached but waited with his left hand resting on the hilt of his ceremonial sword , his aloof expression suggesting that he estimated the dignity of his person to be at least equal to that of the fabled hero of France looking down from the wall behind him . |
| 19 | And the archaeological remains give authenticity to the fascinating legends of Greek mythology with the most famous of them all , the Parthenon , looking down from the acropolis over the bustling city of Athens below . |
| 20 | There is a comfy lounge , a bar and a stylish TV room and the traditional style dining-room boasts an amazing rococo fantasy of cherubs and angels looking down from the building 's original ceiling . |
| 21 | Looking down from the balcony on to the terrace , she observed that the cat was undisturbed by the gulls . |
| 22 | Having read a few of your articles I tried sighting the neck by looking down from the headstock end ( as you frequently suggest ) and the neck appears to be very curved , almost banana shaped ! |
| 23 | Looking down from the terrace of our modern hotel , I saw the walls catch fire . |
| 24 | Scrambling down from the mound of sand , Garry began walking towards the houses , his hands and knees stained orange . |
| 25 | A group of shaven-headed yobbos , with tattooed cheeks and nationalistic leanings , observed this from the upper deck and came swarming down from the bus . |
| 26 | The wedge of light lying on the open stairway leading down from the hatch fanned out and a voice draped in icicles called : |
| 27 | The melting snow dripped mournfully from the trees and the slope leading down from the moor was a mass of little rivulets , cascading down to run into Hodge Beck . |
| 28 | The sea wall ended , steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand . |
| 29 | And there are steps going down from the drawing room , and up from the dining room . |
| 30 | PULLING DOWN FROM THE TOP |