Example sentences of "down across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay down across the path . |
| 2 | The spar crashed down across the cabin top in a tangle of twisted stays and halyards . |
| 3 | This group is remarkable not only for the quality of its work , but also for the fact that no individual has ever been known by name ; only the corporate identity has come down across the years . |
| 4 | Funerals were within living memory ceremonial rites engaging whole communities — blinds drawn down across the street , the pomp of plumed horses and the procession of followers , traffic momentarily halted , the bereaved publicly showing their sorrow for months in the long wearing of black afterwards ; monuments and cemeteries were focuses of family and civic pride ; fear of a pauper grave was so powerful that death insurance was by far the most widespread Victorian insurance policy . |
| 5 | He stopped , mouth agape , gazing down across the Sound where Luch up on the roof was pointing . |
| 6 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 7 | Monday evening during dinner Bob hit and a huge tree was blown down across the power lines so we had no power and dinner was by candlelight . |
| 8 | The cockerel stood braced , shrilling its cry out into the mist , answering other calls from other compounds up and down across the hillside . |
| 9 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 10 | To help the casualty get the tow rope aboard the lifeboat was manoeuvred ahead , and then down across the bows of the yacht . |
| 11 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 12 | The dead eye was shuttered under a black patch held by a cord that went under one ear then reappeared , coming out of the hairline and down across the forehead . |
| 13 | Julia went to stand beside him on the minute balcony and stared down across the valley . |
| 14 | Once you 're at the summit descend by the more popular Miners ' Path which will take you down across the causeway over Llyn Llydaw and finishes up at Pen-y-pass at the top of the Llanberis Pass . |
| 15 | Far below , down across the wide sun-drenched valley , she could see the huge red dome of the church at Mosta , and in the distance the spires of Valletta and the blue sea beyond . |
| 16 | The foot is aimed at the face of the opponent and the kicking leg is bent at the knee in a snap motion down across the opponent 's face . |
| 17 | Beyond it , the west wall opened on to a wide balcony shaded by deep eaves supported on slender lotus-columns , which gave a view down across the city to the broad grey sweep of the river , sluggish and low at this time of year , but sacrificing none of its dignity . |
| 18 | There were tears in her eyes as she looked down across the footlights to the man in the front row , on his feet now , applauding . |
| 19 | At one point nearing home in the very dark country lane overhung with soughing branches , he thought there was a tree down across the way . |
| 20 | It is a ten-minute ride to the road , first on a narrow path along the side of a field of parched maize and groundnuts , then down across the stream , up the smooth rounded granite and along the top , passing by my neighbour 's home , down round her fields under the trees and up to the tarred road . |
| 21 | They differ in operation : the control mechanism is a type of solid portcullis ( or ‘ gate ’ ) which is screwed down across the flow of water . |
| 22 | Their favourite walk was down across the waste ground along Deptford Creek . |
| 23 | Upside down across the table he reads something about bicycles in the hall and cogitations in the study … |
| 24 | She looked down across the terrace into the garden . |
| 25 | Overall , the number of postive tests was down across the region , but campaigners and the police say the figures are still not low enough . |
| 26 | The announcement of the Westcott redundancies came as monthly figures were released showing unemployment coming down across the region . |
| 27 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |