Example sentences of "[vb -s] down [prep] the middle " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm imaginary line that goes down through the middle of a ball , yes , through there Jupiter . |
| 2 | The ‘ mouthpiece ’ and the ‘ horn ’ of the trumpet are both open , and a coil hangs down from the middle . |
| 3 | When , on his final journey to the police station , Raskolnikov kneels down in the middle of the Haymarket and kisses ‘ the earth , the filthy earth ’ ( zemlya ) as Sonya has bidden , it is entirely calculated by Dostoevsky that a tipsy artisan should laugh at the strange young man who ‘ is bowing down to the whole world and is kissing the capital city of St Petersburg and its soil ’ ( grunt , the German Grund ) . |
| 4 | It lays down in the middle of the road ! |
| 5 | A hairline crack runs down through the middle of the glass . |