Example sentences of "down the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Photo : Suttons Looking down the 15th hole in the early 1970's .
2 I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed .
3 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 ) .
4 Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked .
5 I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings .
6 Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand .
7 They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence .
8 She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat .
9 Nicandra pounded down the second flight of the back staircase leading to the ground floor — here one imposing door marked the entrance to the hall , another was the service door into the dining room .
10 He fell twice , going down the second time across a litter of boxes , and losing the gun .
11 Tony Milton and his assistant , thank goodness , were coming down the ninth fairway on an electric buggy .
12 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 !
13 He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs .
14 He appeared in July ‘ 85 , ambling down the 18th fairway at Royal St George 's .
15 She and Ethel were halfway down the next flight of stairs when they were suddenly joined by Bryce .
16 I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door .
17 No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there .
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