Example sentences of "down over the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | politically , too , despite tensions over Berlin and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 , the furore over the U2 incident when an American reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Soviet Union , and the shock of the Soviet lead in space exploration and technology , tensions between the two superpowers had not returned to the glacial levels of a decade earlier . |
| 2 | They looked large against the light pouring down over the flat land . |
| 3 | The feathers of its tail , shiny strips of shot-silk in blue , black , green and russet , drooped down over the dark folds of Kalchu 's sleeve . |
| 4 | It was Lavinia who had supported him every step of the way , kept him upright at the graveside , yet within a month she , too , was alone , her husband shot down over the Western Front . |
| 5 | Nevertheless he seemed willing enough to accompany the Finnish detective in the dangerous climb down over the tumbling rocks to where his cousin and his cousin 's pretty , peroxided fiancée lay . |
| 6 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 7 | Reaching out , Vitor touched a honey-coloured strand of hair which had tumbled from her topknot to curl down over the exposed nape of her neck . |
| 8 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 9 | Stepping back , Curtis waited till the racking coughing fit ended in a sudden gush of bright red blood , which spilled down over the dying killer 's slack lower jaw . |
| 10 | Andy licked his fingers and started to stroke them up and down over the purple bulge of his cock . |
| 11 | They 've grown fat on gold , not the Garrimperos They 're a strong political lobby and would never allow business to close down over the little matter of mercury . |
| 12 | Putting his hands on her shoulders , he drew them slowly down over the full curves , feeling , weighing , drawing a fingertip across the tightening nipples . |
| 13 | He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees . |
| 14 | A row erupted at a council meeting over the issue this when Sefton 's chief executive Graham Haywood urged councillors to back down over the strict conditions . |
| 15 | He let the tip of his tongue traverse the valley between her breasts , and continue down over the sensitive midriff to the taut hollow of her belly . |
| 16 | He reached into the drawer beneath the table and drew out the transparent template , then laid it down over the shaded area . |
| 17 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 18 | The top half of it slides down over the bottom half so that it can be lowered right down to table-top level when a debate is going on and a speaker is sitting down . |
| 19 | His soapy hands slipped possessively over her quivering body , pausing to sensually caress the hard , swollen peaks of her breasts before trailing a slow , scorching path down over her slim waist , and on down … down over the soft swell of her hips . |
| 20 | They drove north out of Burford , down over the old packhorse-bridge across the river Windrush , then up into the hills beyond . |