Example sentences of "they [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four or five of them broke down the door of the Admiral Benbow and ran inside . |
| 2 | They were jumping up and putting their paws up so they I went up back upstairs and they sk tried to skid up but they were going so quickly that one of them went down the step again . |
| 3 | They got down the escarpment on to the coastal plain without mishap and drove along a dirt track beside Benina airfield . |
| 4 | Carefully , the major turned the conversation to an Iranian editorial he had seen , and they laid down the subject . |
| 5 | As they rode down the village , George noted how clean and tidy it was . |
| 6 | In silence they passed down the grandness of Whitehall , hemmed in by the blank facades of bureaucracy , ministries where men and women toiled in cold obscurity . |
| 7 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 8 | The Robemaker moved forward , prodding Nuadu onwards and , as they moved down the centre of the Workshop , the blazing furnaces roaring on each side of them , Nuadu felt his skin already shrivelling from the heat . |
| 9 | A tiny patch of blue punctured the dark blanket of sky , and the sun peeped out from a corner of the horizon as they headed down the beach , not stopping until they reached a small rocky promontory shaded by bushy casuarinas . |
| 10 | They firmed down the earth and put a brick to mark the spot . |
| 11 | He walked straight back round the top of the little dale until they came down the slope to the road , well out of sight of the cottage . |
| 12 | sort of , the , the last pair went , went on and on and on , it got to twelve o'clock and the the , the landlord said right that 's it he said I 'm closing down no matter what , he said I 'd , I 've , he was n't eleven o'clock on , he said that 's it I ca n't keep it open any longer , so they closed it down , we called the game off , called it a boring match , they came down the club , fucking played them there , thrashed them out of sight first four games , no first five games , five nil , straight away , wahey , fucking walloped them , walloped their that was the , that was the league champion 's as well , Post Office in Grantham |
| 13 | After a while , I turned to watch them as they receded down the hillside — two lumbering animals , with bodies grossly disproportionate to their slender stick-like ankles . |
| 14 | In the Zambian food riots they burned down the supermarket and looted the shops . |
| 15 | Henry sat for quite a long time thinking about the conversation between Elinor and her mother as they hurtled down the Paso della Lagastrella , brakeless . |
| 16 | They galloped down the rest of the long gentle ride to the river , across a wooden bridge , and then up the grassy slopes to the terraces below the house . |
| 17 | They clambered down the cliff-path from Sea House and set off in a western direction along the beach to Badstoneleigh . |
| 18 | But after magistrates heard from the pig centre and from the RSPCA , they turned down the application . |
| 19 | ‘ Some Americans wanted to open up the Spurling yard , and offered big money to the Borough Council , but that useless lot — that bunch of pen-pushers — they turned down the offer in favour of the Japanese . |
| 20 | They turned down the offer of free council flat in a city where 2,000 people are on a long-term homeless list . |
| 21 | She had watched from the window as they walked down the jetty , anxious as a mother sending her children off on their first day at school . |
| 22 | They walked down the hall and stood near the fireplace . |
| 23 | They walked down the dark , creaking stairs to the empty street , and as they turned left and walked towards Cotton Lane Carrie slipped her arm through her brother 's , glad of his comforting presence despite her protests . |
| 24 | They walked down the pathway and out of the gate , Sammy leading , Tom striding after him and Willie running to keep up with them . |
| 25 | So the arrival at the Grand Quay of that famous pirate ship the ‘ Black Pig ’ caused no excitement , and Captain Pugwash , the Mate , Barnabas , Willy and Tom the cabin boy attracted little attention as they stepped down the gangplank and set off to view the sights of the town . |
| 26 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 27 | Eventually I called the police and they broke down the door . |
| 28 | Then they broke down the door , and poured into the great dining-room . |
| 29 | An unspoken sympathy bound them in comfortable silence as they padded down the garden . |
| 30 | They scrambled down the ladder , yelling their good-byes . |