Example sentences of "[adv prt] the bank " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran down the bank , Lee following him . |
| 2 | Lee was being dragged down the bank . |
| 3 | The swallows flitted round Marie as she ran down the bank . |
| 4 | Delia had taken her for a walk in the park and Mrs Miniver — always an inquisitive ‘ person ’ by nature — had squeezed through railings alongside the river and promptly slid down the bank into the water . |
| 5 | A class B1 comes down the bank from Woodhouse on an up train — the photo was taken from a footbridge . |
| 6 | Feet slithered in the mud halfway down the bank . |
| 7 | Kicking down the side-rest as he jumped clear , he spun round in time to see Mariana slide down the bank . |
| 8 | Jenny dashed down the bank to the river and pulled off her shoes and socks . |
| 9 | It was Sarah , who , on her knees in the mould of the wood , had looked up on hearing Donald 's cries and seen the runaway pram careering down the bank . |
| 10 | White-faced , her eyes wide with fright , Christine raced down the bank to the pram . |
| 11 | Suddenly it slipped from his hand and rolled down the bank into the water . |
| 12 | ‘ Silly cow , ’ he breathed , as he ran down the bank into the yard , ‘ she 'll probably go cold on me while I 'm buggering about over here . ’ |
| 13 | Feeling completely happy , she made her way towards the summer house set on high ground a little further down the bank . |
| 14 | Davis seized one end and started down the bank to where the horse was fast in the mud . |
| 15 | Rolling down the bank at an ever-increasing speed , Daniel was unable to prevent himself falling into the chill waters of the canal . |
| 16 | Rober Mazur can reasonably claim to have done more than anyone else to bring down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 17 | The soldier looked over the parapet and saw to his horror the vague heap of a body ; he scrambled down the bank but as he approached , the vision slowly faded , there was no one there . |
| 18 | She yawned sleepily and slipped down the bank to the water 's edge to wash her face with her paws . |
| 19 | The dogfood rolled down the bank and PLOONK ! into the water . |
| 20 | She scampered down the bank after the dog . |
| 21 | Cross the stile , go down the bank , carry on down , over the next stile and across the track . |
| 22 | Stock analysts have written down the bank 's net asset value by a correspondingly precise sum . |
| 23 | Suddenly , the grass around the den began to rustle and clumps of it fell down the bank . |
| 24 | They scrambled down the bank and set to nibbling beside the water . |
| 25 | The other rabbits were beginning to reach the hedge as Bigwig hopped down the bank and crouched on the verge of the road . |
| 26 | The three rabbits were returning down the bank of the stream and had not yet seen Hazel and the others . |
| 27 | He nodded , not understanding why she should want it , but took it from his pocket and , edging down the bank , reached out and handed it to her , watching as she unscrewed the top , transforming it into a tiny cutting tool . |
| 28 | Without waiting for the others he plunged down the bank into the stream , slipping and slithering heedlessly over the protruding roots and rocks . |
| 29 | Some weeks later he was sleeping off the effects of alcohol beside the Tweed River when he rolled down the bank , into the river , and was drowned . |
| 30 | Benjamin and I slithered down the bank . |