Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This resistor absorbs the network signals and stops them bouncing back down the wire . |
| 2 | Kāli and her cousin , Jit , were at the far end of the roof waving their arms , keeping the sheep contained at one end only , stopping them going back down the steps at the other side . |
| 3 | The two of them galloped off down the steep grass bank . |
| 4 | Both were short , dumpy and energetic and , seeing them scurry together down the street in their black garb , they looked like a pair of hunting spiders . |
| 5 | They trot lightly down the path on the other side of the dip . |
| 6 | They bring back down the laws of nature , if not of God himself . |
| 7 | This perfidious inner reaction drove her into ferocious silence as they headed back down the coast again , berating her stupidity as she watched the lush green hills glide by . |
| 8 | Mr McDoodle pulled on the reins and they headed off down the drive , past the old hanging tree and out onto the bumpy road . |
| 9 | Replacing the bowls , they pedalled on down the steep hill and up the next . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you completely devoid of any kind of common sense ? ’ he rasped as they roared off down the road . |
| 11 | As they screeched off down the road again , Ronni felt duly chastened . |
| 12 | They danced wildly down the street , abandoning themselves to the night and the moon . |
| 13 | They clambered back down the ladder and visited all the little rooms in the top floor to a steady stream of disparagement from the countess . |
| 14 | She tugged at Sadie 's sleeve and they walked on down the long aisle of the hall . |
| 15 | They walked on down the wharf until they reached the ‘ Marit ’ , still talking about the coming Friday night . |
| 16 | They walked together down the King 's Road , went into Woolworths , and were dazzled . |
| 17 | They swung off down the weedy gravel , skirting the grand , derelict stables and following the drive until it became a track and the land began to rise . |
| 18 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 19 | At nightfall they set off down the escarpment and in holiday mood were soon bowling merrily along the coast road . |
| 20 | They set off down the lane , Elizabeth , Jonna and Jonadab going ahead on three heavy horses and the men and dogs following , slipping and skidding on the hard-packed snow trodden down by the shires . |
| 21 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 22 | They set off down the passage and the assistant sealed them in before returning to the shop . |
| 23 | Stringing themselves out in a ragged line , a scout-masterish type at the head , they set off down the valley . |
| 24 | One day the inspiration came : why not block off any such potential assault vehicles , as well as bomb-laden or armed individuals , before they get half-way down the street ? |
| 25 | They went back down the garden and after that out to a couple of pubs where they drank a lot and Rufus had to drive back to Wyvis Hall with one eye closed on account of getting double vision . |
| 26 | But they went together down the narrow stone stairway , and still he was not jerked back again . |
| 27 | That mathematicians had a very very hard time and they got a lot of things wrong they went off down the wrong track for hundreds of years before |
| 28 | Hand in hand , they ran quickly down the stairs , through passages , then more stairs and more passages . |
| 29 | They carried on down the lane towards a farm . |
| 30 | They ended up down the mines . ’ |