Example sentences of "and [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I just stood there while they shouted " Jolly hockey sticks , " across as her , and then Kevin started them off singing , " How green you are , how green you are , how green you are , how green … , " ever so softly , to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne " till her bus came , and then they sang it at the tops of their voices as she staggered onto the bus and moved down to the back seat . |
| 32 | They gathered their possessions and moved down to the cold , deserted taproom . |
| 33 | The crowd parted and an English doctor stepped over the warning wire and knelt down beside the man . |
| 34 | He decided to listen to their conversation , and knelt down outside the tent , making a little hole with his knife in the heavy cotton so that he could see the two people inside . |
| 35 | Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead . |
| 36 | Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down with the back of a metal spoon . |
| 37 | So I get up and pull my dressing-gown on and head down to the cold , dusty lobby where the phone is . |
| 38 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 39 | We leaned on the railing , and peered down through the littered lattice of cross-angled trees , their backs broken in their last attempt to scramble up the cliff . |
| 40 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 41 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 42 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 43 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 44 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 45 | The man looked at Clinton indifferently and peered down into the vat . |
| 46 | He rubbed his eyes and peered down from the top bunk . |
| 47 | The Welshman sent Critchley over within three minutes of the second half and was in support to take Tait 's pass and touch down in the 56th minute , with Holliday 's goal setting up an aborbing final quarter . |
| 48 | They came out of the circuit one by one and bore down on the SE5s , each of which was now heading for the balloon from a different quarter . |
| 49 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 50 | The little larvae soon emerge — they know which way to go ! — and bore down into the stem where they pupate and eventually emerge as adults . |
| 51 | Hours of bending and stretching and twisting down on the prom in singlets and shorts while the wind whipped over us from the wintry sea . |
| 52 | Rex took a deep breath , sprang out from hiding and drew down upon the boy in the business suit . |
| 53 | Then she padded back into the bathroom , wriggled out of her nightie , and sank down into the hot water . |
| 54 | She ran the bath , loading it with bubble-bath , and sank down into the water . |
| 55 | Merrill went over to the wide settee and sank down into the feather cushions . |
| 56 | Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears . |
| 57 | Caroline freed it carefuly , rose from the bed , and sank down in the chair beside it . |
| 58 | I turned away from the window and sank down upon the bed . |
| 59 | Marie squints like she 's hurt herself and squats down by the chair . |
| 60 | We turned left , took a deep breath , and changed down to the very smallest chaining . |