Example sentences of "were [v-ing] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As they were walking down the paved way to the Union building , Reynolds asked , ‘ How 's Michael , these days ? ’ |
2 | they were lying down the other day |
3 | As we were clattering down the worn red tiles of the corridor , a junior aide bumped into De Gaulle , apologising with great profuseness . |
4 | He looked unbelieving and said , ‘ But surely you remember when we were going down the eighth , you were coming up the ninth , and I waved and your wife waved back , and then you waved . ’ |
5 | Looking our of the aircraft window , we were flying down the Red Seat coast , the water aquamarine , coral reefs pale and shimmering beneath the water surface . |
6 | Tony Milton and his assistant , thank goodness , were coming down the ninth fairway on an electric buggy . |
7 | It were flowing down the both ways down . |