Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the House gave no such indication until it actual threw a Bill out , or voted down the government on some other major issue , governments would fall with much greater regularity . |
| 2 | Nicholas looked at what he had been doing , which was nothing very much , and laid down the stone and the knife and , clasping his knees , looked at Diniz . |
| 3 | He returned their wave and gazed down the sun dappled ribbon of bright water as it meandered its way towards Sharpness docks a couple of miles distant . |
| 4 | Eric spat and choked down the line , and there followed the noise of the phone-box handset being smashed around the inside of the booth . |
| 5 | Each girlfriend is blindfolded and led down the line , burying her nose in the chest of each man — who must keep quiet — and taking a sniff . |
| 6 | She took a cloth and wiped down the counter . |
| 7 | Polly finished drying the dishes and wiped down the cooker and the work surfaces , vaguely aware of the engine 's deep rumble and the sensation of movement . |
| 8 | Annie picked up her copy of the Workshop weekly newsletter and skimmed down the list of meetings , appeals for information , contacts , list of new women 's liberation publications . |
| 9 | At that moment , too , there was another diversion — a large black and white cat appeared from some kitchen region and stalked down the passage between the tables . |
| 10 | A second explosion , and vast shards of the cliff lazily peeled away and tumbled down the slope . |
| 11 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 12 | A few swift strokes of the comb smoothed her bubbly curls into soft wings which lay neatly against her well-shaped head and feathered down the nape of her neck . |
| 13 | As soon as he turned the corner , I grabbed the wallet and sprinted down the alley . |
| 14 | As he stood watching Massingham looked up , caught his eye , and moved down the nave towards him . |
| 15 | Getting up from his chair , he left it burning , the pale flame staining the air , and moved down the nave through the grille and into the back of the church . |
| 16 | He put his arm through the handle of the basket , picked up the oil-lamp and moved down the hall on slippered feet . |
| 17 | They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel . |
| 18 | She grabbed hold of it and peered down the microscope again . |
| 19 | He wrapped his mackintosh carefully round the small sketch-pad and fled down the pathway to the church , arriving in the nick of time , for as he closed the heavy arched door behind him , a slow drizzle of rain swept across the village and surrounding fields . |
| 20 | ‘ BY TOMORROW THEN ! ’ he barked back , and slammed down the receiver . |
| 21 | He switched on the lights and drove down the tank paths towards the front gate . |
| 22 | The track switchbacked and twisted down the escarpment to the valley below . |
| 23 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 24 | Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare . |
| 25 | Benedict rose and came down the table . |
| 26 | Then the lawyer sighed , rose from his chair , and came down the table to take another next to hers . |
| 27 | She came to the rehearsal and came down the bridge over the orchestra where I was directing , and she said to the manager , ‘ If this veil remains , I do not sing . ’ |
| 28 | He also put more emphasis on public worship , prayers , and the sacraments than most of his contemporaries , and played down the role of preaching as a means of edification ; for these reasons , Hooker has been seen by some ecclesiastical historians such as Peter Lake as ‘ close to the ideological origins of Arminianism ’ . |
| 29 | Thus , one of the major criticisms formulated by the social movements of the 1960s , and by radical groups within socialist and labour parties , was directed against ‘ consensus politics ’ which placed a high value upon the existing parliamentary institutions and played down the commitment to radical changes in the social system . |
| 30 | We weighed anchor next morning and sailed down the fiord on a calm sea . |