Example sentences of "and [v-ing] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are strays , having been carried here by the glacier that once occupied Crummackdale as it retreated at the end of the Ice Age , scouring the ground as it departed and bringing down the boulders from their place of origin higher in the valley . |
| 2 | Luckily , the Devil cares not for checking visitors ' bus passes to see if they 're over-the-hill and struggling down the slope on their Zimmer frames . |
| 3 | He broke eye-contact , lifting his glass to his mouth , throwing his head back and tossing down the contents of the glass with one smooth action . |
| 4 | Because I enjoy bathing , washing up and hosing down the car , the concept appealed to me . |
| 5 | Parrott , Merseyside 's sportsman of the year , ran into trouble in only his second visit to the table , cannoning off black and knocking down the red . |
| 6 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 7 | cos he was doing the thing and writing down the list and I had to go and find him with her . |
| 8 | What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled . |
| 9 | Rogers sat nodding , and looking down the table . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , ’ Ash was saying , breathing hard and looking down the stair-well as I opened the door . |
| 11 | Some passers-by did not wait that long , leaping off buses and scrambling down the embankment to drag the injured out . |
| 12 | When the thumping and cheering had died away Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke rose to her feet fingering her pearls and smoothing down the flounces of her garden party frock . |
| 13 | ‘ I remember a number that I think might interest you , ’ he said encouragingly , starting at the beginning of the book and going down the columns to look for it . |
| 14 | Throwing it open , he lifted out a sinewy and almost reptilian form , holding it aloft and going down the line of young men , offering it briefly to each in turn . |
| 15 | Donna joined it , filing past the barriers , showing her ticket and heading down the platform towards the First Class carriages . |
| 16 | It was then that I discovered that they had been keeping our group under surveillance and noting down the registration numbers of cars parked outside the meeting place . |
| 17 | Suddenly she was gone , off balance and tilting down the slope , running with windmill arms , sliding , running again , a plume of white chalk-dust under her heels . |
| 18 | And that 's what they 're doing , they 're coming into peoples gardens and rushing down the sewers again , you know ? |
| 19 | By choosing one of the colours and holding down the shift key , you can then create your own colour , but rather than adding a new colour to the palette this replaces the original . |
| 20 | We have begun the job of raising educational standards and breaking down the barriers between the vocational and the academic routes . |
| 21 | He also announced three priorities : making cultural affairs available to a wider public ; promoting French culture abroad and breaking down the divide between privileged Paris on the one hand and France 's provinces and deprived outer city suburbs on the other . |
| 22 | A lazy compilation , in keeping with Demon 's sleevenotes : you 'd be better off buying the Palominos ' ‘ Vol 1 ’ and tracking down the Timezone single . |
| 23 | And treking down the streets of downtown Kathmandu is Jan Turner … |
| 24 | She had died instantaneously , or pretty nearly so , without first getting up and crawling down the embankment , or for that matter getting up and riding a bicycle . |
| 25 | He is already through the gate and starting down the slope . |
| 26 | General advice on making squares was offered with stress on making the limits and form of a square clear , making the traffic conform to decorative town planning and cutting down the space dedicated to vehicles in favour of giving additional tracks or spaces for other purposes , even if these sometimes have to be driven over . |
| 27 | In August 1931 , Wigram wrote to Sir Horace Rumbold , the British Ambassador to Germany , regretting that no single Party is going to face the music of reducing wages and cutting down the dole . |
| 28 | Cowley placed his glass upon the table , and pushed his hands into his pockets , walking to the french windows and staring down the garden . |
| 29 | ‘ These plates are cold , ’ said Patrick Milligan senior , looking up from his place and staring down the table at his five-year-old daughter , who at once scrambled to her feet . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew because it 's got a band of those black and white checks across the bonnet and the roof and running down the back . |