Example sentences of "down the short [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us . |
| 2 | Continue down the short valley of Mosedale to the road , which you follow eastwards until it crosses the River Duddon ( 1.75 ) . |
| 3 | We walked on until we reached an unlit stretch of the Corniche , then climbed over a low wall and down the short slope to the river 's edge where we were out of sight of the sentries . |
| 4 | Thorfinn , looking down the short length of the table to his wife 's cousin opposite , said , ‘ I heard about your wife . |
| 5 | He had been on board the Santa Maria some two hours or more working out with the Argentine naval lieutenant and the tug 's engineers just what was required to get the tow safely down the short cut into the Beagle Channel and thence to Ushuaia . |
| 6 | As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 . |
| 7 | Scott wandered down the short set of steps to Carol 's door , noticing that there was a pint of milk on the step . |