Example sentences of "down the [adj] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 2 | Then take one step backwards again ( to the ‘ a ’ node ) and down the next route forwards ( to the ‘ c ’ node ) , and so on down the first route from each node , until the end of the graph is again reached ( i.e. the complete candidate string ljaclc ) . |
| 3 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 4 | We had crossed over to Mykines early in the day , sailing down the long fiord from the village of Sørvágur . |
| 5 | Manager Trevor Francis confirmed yesterday that he had turned down the huge offer from Toulon . |
| 6 | She lifted down the big suitcase from the top of the wardrobe , and , placing it on the bed , began to fill it , folding the garments as carefully as Isabelle would have done . |
| 7 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 8 | Daniel paced up and down the polished floor from one end of the long room to the other ; his sentences bore the rehearsed solemnity of a stage drama . |
| 9 | And then the whole thing swivelled round in my head , and I was looking down the same chimney from the top , and nothing was about to stop me falling down it . |