Example sentences of "then [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She transferred the Beretta from her shoulder holster to her anorak pocket then moved down the row of freight cars , checking for the serial number which corresponded with the one Teufel had written down for her . |
| 2 | She turned , joining the line of boarding passengers , holding out her pass to the tiny Han stewardess , then moved down the aisle towards her seat . |
| 3 | Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony , including Wally Fuentes Morrison , and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet . |
| 4 | He finished painting in a silence so icy she could almost feel its frosty fingers on her skin , then climbed down the ladder and handed her the paintbrush . |
| 5 | This led , they argue , to a situation where decisions were made by the elite at the top of the management hierarchy and then fed down the line of command . |
| 6 | The rain , whipped up by the wind , bit into her face , stung the softly tanned skin on her neck and then trickled down the inside of her blouse , to merge with the hundred other rivulets of water that soaked into her skin . |
| 7 | Wilkie , who describes himself modestly as a working journalist , then tracked down the poet 's widow . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm all stiff and sore , ’ Lucy said , and then pulled down the shoulder of the oversized Blues Brothers T-shirt that she 'd bought for sleeping in . |
| 9 | I left it there and then went down the caravan . |
| 10 | He then went down the slope to where the ferrymaster was preparing to beach his craft . |
| 11 | The Frenchman 's blade rang like a bell on Sharpe 's sword , then scraped down the steel to be stopped by the heavy disc hilt . |
| 12 | Omonia supporters chased the ref off the pitch , then tore down the steel dressing-room doors . |
| 13 | Cross at being caught out , she moved over to the dressing-table to find some paper , then wrote down the number of her London flat . |