Example sentences of "[vb infin] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main brain-boggler from this vantage point is without a doubt whether James Hetfield 's spittle will drip down through the metal grille as he stands above our heads . |
| 2 | For some reason , this letter so unnerved her that she thought she must rush down to the sea at once , and run the thudding in her head quite out of it . |
| 3 | We can not therefore budget down to the level of the individual patient . |
| 4 | First the Cutty Sark and then we 'll explore down by the river . |
| 5 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 6 | Though her hair was not quite dry Franca began to plait it very fast , letting a long thick plait materialise between her nimble hands , then tossing it over her shoulder and letting it hang down over the back of the chair . |
| 7 | She reached up , and kissing him fiercely on the lips , whispered a rhyme she had made up years before : " Tristram Pascoe , Tristram Pascoe , never , never let your lass go ! " — and when they had hugged , she watched him climb nimbly over the wall and heard him jump down into the hayfield on the other side . |
| 8 | As he walked across to the aircraft — which by then had taxied towards the buildings — he says he saw a dog jump down from the cockpit , before the pilot . |
| 9 | She insisted on knowing who her intruder was , and so she would wait down by the car to see who emerged from the building . |
| 10 | Not a muscle of Nan 's face moved , her stroke never faltered as she brushed and watched the flakes fall down on the newspaper she had spread beneath . |
| 11 | He used almost völkisch language , claiming that the Romanians ( unlike the Hungarian , German and other minorities ) were ‘ autochthonous ’ : ‘ They did not come from elsewhere , they did not fall down from the sky ; they were born and lived here , in this land , and they defended it with their blood . ’ |
| 12 | Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off . |
| 13 | Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky . |
| 14 | He can doss down on the couch . ’ |
| 15 | She knew hat she would be flaunted before the whole of Northumberland if her mother had her way , so , although aware that good form dictated that she should dress down in the country , she took a deep breath and faced the fact that , for their first few outings at least , she would have to wear what Nora called her ‘ dressy ’ clothes . |
| 16 | However , they will break down at the end of the black hole 's life when its mass gets very small . |
| 17 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 18 | Once the planting has been done , cover the soil with a thick mulch of crushed bark , peat or leaf mould , which will gradually break down into the soil and help to improve its texture . |
| 19 | The generally cooperative partnership between the local states and the developers did break down over the distribution of investment profits from central shopping development . |
| 20 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 21 | A little later , Lok 's interpretation of the scene is rendered without the introductory simile : " a track among the green smoke began to twist and sway down towards the river … |
| 22 | ‘ And , even if I did n't , for you , signorina , I 'd immediately send down to the cellar to get it . ’ |
| 23 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |
| 24 | With gold being so heavy , if you put a panful of gravel into motion under water the gold will work down into the pan base . |
| 25 | From here I found , as I had hoped , that I could see down to the shore at the point where Neil had told me he wanted to work . |
| 26 | Anyway , at half time , Geoff 's standing right at the back of the London Road — and at the back there you can see down to the tea place underneath because some bugger 's smashed out some of the asbestos bit along the back . |
| 27 | If I were you I 'd schlepp down to the disco and get yourself some trade , dear , otherwise you 'll burst ! ’ |
| 28 | Werner Kratschull , a pastor and dissident , said he had been told that East Berlin would crack down on the opposition ‘ in the Chinese manner ’ if there was trouble . |
| 29 | He could n't even run down to the village to get a new set — they had them in the marina shop at the auto-marine-because his van was temporarily off the road . |
| 30 | Did that run down to the river ? |