Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I might go to that fourteen quid , yeah it is cheap , than going up down the road . |
| 2 | One thing is absolutely certain and that is nearly all the US companies that set out down the T.Q.M. route 10 years ago are still convinced they took the right decision . |
| 3 | Watched by her baffled cat , Mildred squeezed through the gap and hopped away down the corridor , convinced that nothing could be worse than just sitting helplessly in her room . |
| 4 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 5 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 6 | They both chuckled and passed on down the road . |
| 7 | However , the real action is when you jump into the cockpit and zoom off down the runway to strike a blow against the evil Quadaffi . |
| 8 | The Asian security man unlocked the door to the documentary department office and loped off down the corridor with a distracted smile on his face . |
| 9 | Martha and her grandmother said goodbye without looking at each other and then the newly constituted family climbed into the shining blue vehicle and bumped slowly down the track . |
| 10 | He entered the next carriage , his hand gripped tightly around the railing , and moved slowly down the corridor until he reached his own compartment . |
| 11 | Mr. Decker grinned weakly , made a vague gesture with his hand and moved off down the aisle to buy an ice cream . |
| 12 | A pool was contained under a miniature cliff , broken half-way up its face by the route the path took in looping round and pressing on down the valley . |
| 13 | The figure turning the corner and walking heavily down the road could not under any circumstances have been Edward , but at least it relieved her from the suspicion that the street was uninhabited . |
| 14 | He looked at himself in his mind 's eye , squared his shoulders and carried on down the stairs . |
| 15 | They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane . |
| 16 | In fact , he did begin to run , but then he stopped , abruptly , right in the entrance , turned round , and peered back down the tunnel . |
| 17 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
| 18 | Nearby , the siren of an ambulance cries like a mad baby , its pitch rising as it passes us and heads on down the street . |
| 19 | ‘ I said , ‘ Get lost ’ , and pushed past him and staggered off down the corridor . |
| 20 | Soon she grew bored with watching and wandered away down the path towards the road . |
| 21 | Dorothea did not even mind when she lost her grip and wandered off down the avenues of the past , for sometimes she could accompany her , at any rate part of the way , and |
| 22 | He checked that she was all right , then told her he 'd be back in a while and wandered off down the aisle . |
| 23 | He dashed into the nearest shop doorway at the cab took off from the kerb again and accelerated away down the street . |
| 24 | But before she could continue , he was brushing past her roughtly , almost causing her to stagger and stumble back down the steps . |
| 25 | She jumped into the jeep and drove furiously down the hill . |
| 26 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 27 | When the daylight drained from the winter sky , like steel growing cold , some of the humans got into their vehicles and drove off down the lane . |
| 28 | He produced a knife , ordered the taxi driver to stop , forced all but one of the prison officers out of the car , and drove off down the M40 towards London . |
| 29 | Without answering , she left the room and came slowly down the stairs . |
| 30 | She dressed swiftly , then slipped out the door from his apartment into the silence of the sleeping palazzo and tiptoed stealthily down the stairs . |