Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] went down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noah 's faith was persistent ; through the taunts of unbelievers as he worked ; through the rainstorm ; through the tragedy of knowing that men and women were dying in the flood ; through the long days and nights waiting for the next stage , as the waters went down . |
| 2 | As the foundations went down , the spirits of the volunteers at NAM rocketed . |
| 3 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 4 | I was shown to my room , which had a view of the back garden and the Noones ' paddock , where three sheep were grazing as the sun went down . |
| 5 | It was early evening and Kee was giving the chickens some food as the sun went down . |
| 6 | The villa looked welcoming , with its wooden seats and bright red geraniums , the lawns beyond streaked with the long shadows of the cypresses and casuarinas as the sun went down . |
| 7 | His long-sighted eyes reflected gold back to the sunset , and the brightness did not fade as the sun went down . |
| 8 | ‘ I built the business up after I bought it but as the City went down everything else went down with it , ’ mourns Haddad , who spent £600,000 buying and refurbishing Le Gamin . |
| 9 | There was a clunk as the receiver went down , followed by receding footsteps . |
| 10 | There was a clunk as the receiver went down , followed by receding footstep . |
| 11 | As the coal went down over the winter months , these boards would be taken away to lower the height . |
| 12 | So I had stood for a little while on the bridge and saluted as the ship went down after all . |
| 13 | In particular , he was keen to be among the extras who despairingly crowded the rail as the ship went down — keen , you could say , to undergo in fiction an alternative version of history . |