Example sentences of "slowly [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hours slid slowly down the great entropy slope of the universe . |
| 2 | When her aunt was dressed she walked slowly down the narrow staircase in front of her in case , in her weak state , she should stumble . |
| 3 | He drove slowly down the wide Third Avenue . |
| 4 | But now let us climb slowly down the stratigraphical column to see what other widespread facies we can find . |
| 5 | Toy trucks moved between hangars ; a minute tractor drove slowly down the main runway . |
| 6 | A ship was moving slowly down the main channel , its engines throbbing in the stillness . |
| 7 | As the ‘ laar ’ ( breath ) of wind is from the south east , I head slowly up the western shore , knowing that , with the ebbing tide , there will be a few seals hauled out on the rocks . |
| 8 | A few hours later the carrack was proceeding slowly up the narrow entrance to the Tagus between St Julian 's Fort and the sandbanks where the long Atlantic swell was making a dazzling white line of roaring surf . |
| 9 | They walked slowly up the broad staircase , Alec holding the oil-lamp a little above his head . |
| 10 | Moving like ants in a sand-trap we gasped slowly up the near-vertical rim of the secondary crater , into a storm of ash which masked the gathering dawn . |
| 11 | He steps slowly up the shallow Hollywood stretch-steps dripping like a teddy-bear out of a rinse cycle . |
| 12 | Then , with two Arabs pushing him and two pulling , he was bundled slowly up the high stones of the Pyramid to the summit . |
| 13 | Only when the last bullet had been fired and when Clint Eastwood had matter-of-factly and deftly dropped the six-shooter back into its holster , flicked the cheroot away and walked into the sunset , did the man in the old jacket and cords , legs dangling over the seat in front , get up and shamble slowly up the darkened aisle . |