Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb past] down the " in BNC.
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| 31 | you know I remember ever so clearly , when I worked down the Totexas , Dentons |
| 32 | As I stepped down the steep treads I heard the too loud click of shoe leather on metal . |
| 33 | And this started a stampede amongst the rest of the herd and as I advanced down the field with them all in close pursuit I somehow managed to clear a four stranded barbed wire fence like an Olympic champion . |
| 34 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 35 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 36 | It was growing dark as I walked down the pier alone , his jacket draped over my shoulders , and I wondered if I should really look for Wilde at all . |
| 37 | Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars . |
| 38 | It was this image that accompanied me as I walked down the rue de Fleuve , stopping for a final coup d'oeil at the squat church crouching on its gravel ground . |
| 39 | If anything the sound seemed to become louder as I ran down the deck . |
| 40 | As I dodged down the yard I noticed the broken bottle lying in the drain . |
| 41 | ‘ As I padded down the passage to the kitchen , I felt that something was wrong . |
| 42 | As I sat down the man on my left gave me a brief nod . |
| 43 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 44 | My second brother and I , self-conscious teenagers of the Sixties , were sometimes embarrassed when she wound down the window of her car and addressed a shepherd or a forester in her clear , carrying , Edwardian accent . |
| 45 | NURSE Kim Leach seemed every inch an angel when she swept down the aisle as the Daily Mirror 's Bride of the Year . |
| 46 | He was non-committal about her chances of complete recovery , and Sara felt a little sick and uneasy when she put down the phone . |
| 47 | As she walked down the wide stone steps to the ground floor her confusion was diverted by the sight of two men in their twenties , chatting together and keeping a watchful early evening eye over two three-year-olds playing hide and seek round the curve of the banisters . |
| 48 | As she walked down the crazy-pavement paths to the lily pond , Constance was struck by the blackbirds hopping around in the sun . |
| 49 | ‘ Darling I 'm so proud of you , ’ he said as she walked down the staircase at Clarence House . |
| 50 | As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles . |
| 51 | As she walked down the companionway to the lower deck the breeze moulded her couture suit of cream silk bouquet against the contours of her body . |
| 52 | Sara shivered a little in her thin American suit as she walked down the gangway and got into the bus which was to take her and the other passengers to the arrival building . |
| 53 | She was thinking about Donna later , as she walked down the ward to see if the new patient had arrived . |
| 54 | Out of the window , as she hastened down the spiral staircase , Mildred saw the fires which were being lit in the ruins of the old castle where the celebrations were always held . |
| 55 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 56 | As she wiped down the kitchen wall , she could see herself sitting on the half-buried block where she and her Dad used to picnic , watching the — |
| 57 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 58 | As she ran down the driveway of the semi-detached house , a shot was fired from an upstairs front bedroom and she fell to the ground . |
| 59 | ‘ It 's none of my business , ’ she replied , gripping the solid wood grab-rails as she went down the five steps with their non-slip treads . |
| 60 | As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that . |