Example sentences of "way [adv] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was difficult , because the vent was too small for a grown man to get into , but with the use of extension arms and mechanicals they worked their way slowly down the shaft . |
| 2 | 0 Tap Enter several times to move the division mark out of the way further down the screen . |
| 3 | She heard him picking his way carefully down the spiral staircase at the back of the tenement and stood by the window , looking down into the street . |
| 4 | The sun was low in the sky as we worked our way carefully down the descent slopes and gullies . |
| 5 | I made my way carefully down the staircase , intending to sit in the sun at the foot of the wall and drink my tea , but the breeze could find no way there , and the strange , musky smell from the wall where those plants grew was stronger than ever . |
| 6 | He made his way carefully down the hall until he reached the lounge . |
| 7 | Climbing out , stood for a few seconds to let his eyes adjust to the pale moonlight , then he stepped through the gap and began to pick his way carefully down the uneven terrain of the slope , towards the crashed car below . |
| 8 | He rose from the ridiculous chair and made his way carefully down the crowded row , responding politely to those who greeted him by name , noting with carefully repressed surprise that two of the women who gave him private little smiles were seated next to each other , friends who had no idea they had something more than friendship in common . |
| 9 | As Hazel and Fiver made their way dejectedly down the run outside the Threarah 's burrow , they could just hear , from inside , the Chief Rabbit 's voice assuming a rather sharper note , interspersed with an occasional " Yes , sir , " " No , sir . " |
| 10 | The clouds had thickened and the moon had gone when I left her house and made my way cautiously down the slippery brick path . |
| 11 | The door of the solar closed behind them ; their feet felt a way silently down the staircase . |
| 12 | He hunched his shoulders and stamped his way defiantly down the rest of the stairs and out into the cobbled street . |
| 13 | Inch by inch — then , as loose shale slid frighteningly from under her feet , a sudden foot or more at a time — Sheila made her way perilously down the slope . |