Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I made to go down the stairs to see what was happening . |
| 2 | They believe she later tried to walk down the mountain , lost her way and fell to her death . |
| 3 | Finally Don Marco came rattling down the track in his battered Fiat and shook Haverford enthusiastically by the hand , ignoring the rest of the family . |
| 4 | ‘ In the midst of the conversation at his house in the wooded hills of Northern Virginia ’ , she recorded , ‘ a neighbour 's horse came galloping down the road , riderless . |
| 5 | ‘ He jumped out and came galloping down the street , waving a sort of a club . |
| 6 | Louis came bounding down the stairs . |
| 7 | Grooms came at once , and briskly , to take the bridles , and a spruce page came bounding down the steps from the hall door to greet the newcomers and discover their business here , but he was waved away by an older steward who had emerged from the stables . |
| 8 | Then Mum came rustling down the stairs in her almost-new taffeta dress with its leg o' mutton sleeves . |
| 9 | The wind came howling down the street full of rain and incipient snow . |
| 10 | Maggie came hurrying down the stairs , followed by two little boys of about four and three . |
| 11 | The gate to a tiny courtyard was open and , for an instant , Lindsey hung back , watching in rapt fascination as a dark-haired , slender figure came hurrying down the steps towards them , cloth in hand , and flung herself into Niall 's arms . |
| 12 | The next moment something heavy came clattering down the stairs . |
| 13 | Nick came clattering down the stairs , solemn-faced with irritation , and looking fit to kill his sister . |
| 14 | Fiver came limping down the path with Pipkin . |
| 15 | So it was a quietly defiant Alistair who , the next morning , came plodding down the stairs , and glanced at the splayed mail on the shelf as he headed for the door . |
| 16 | One morning , Azmaveth came running down the corridor outside Lucien 's room to intercept him before he went to his practice . |
| 17 | Philip came running down the stairs . |
| 18 | Will 's sister , Joan , opened the door , and then Will came running down the stairs . |
| 19 | She came running down the stairs . |
| 20 | And then about erm from about an hour , about half an hour later after we 'd sat down we 're just laughing our heads off because the gi , they 'd gone down the pub and we said no , we 'll have a quiet night in . |
| 21 | The smell of scorch came floating down the stairs , very strong . |
| 22 | It set in motion what we call a debris flow , a mixture of 50-ton boulders , rocks , sand and gravel bound together in a kind of slurry , which came rolling down the side canyon and dammed the river . |
| 23 | A police Land-Rover came bumping down the track : ‘ You rotten bastards , keeping us talking . ’ |
| 24 | On seeing the car , she rose immediately and came tripping down the drive to unlock the tall iron gates . |
| 25 | They were in the corridor and the Substitute was coming towards them , but the Captain had caught a glimpse of the figure that turned to go down the stairs beyond him . |
| 26 | The order was obeyed , and as Mr Brownlow turned to go down the street , he saw Oliver lying on the pavement , shaking , his face as white as death . |
| 27 | Trench came up to me as I turned to walk down the corridor again . |
| 28 | As he turned to return down the steps he was thinking of Carrie once more and not taking care where he was stepping . |
| 29 | The so this alleyway has been here since at least sixteen ninety , probably rather earlier when the house began to go down the drain as it were , down the plughole . |
| 30 | Very slowly , she began to go down the stairs , step by step , wincing every time one creaked and glancing over her shoulder every ten seconds or so . |