Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The track had , he recalled , two branches , separating as it dropped from the heathy ridge that looked down upon the river . |
| 2 | Observers held their breath as the former Derry City and Shelbourne star took to the pitch for his first game but the thunderous greeting that cascaded down from the Windsor stands proved it was unnecessary caution . |
| 3 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 4 | The town itself is above a steep hillside that leads down to what was originally the source of much of its wealth , the Painswick Stream . |
| 5 | This is evidently so on the EC — it was this issue that brought down Thatcher and accounts for Major 's sideways approach to Maastricht . |
| 6 | She stared unseeing out of the big plate-glass window that looked down on to the hotel 's rather undistinguished forecourt . |
| 7 | here so if you get a a heavy cold , some of this gunge that runs down the back of your throat gets into this tube and |
| 8 | These young teenagers all millions of them all in this group that came down and took their bras and oh |
| 9 | Back in the tent there is more soup , coffee and a hunk of smoked lamb that goes down well . |
| 10 | And er they were still whistling and calling , so I went up on to the top of the bank and they it was this plantation that fell down in the warren and caught fire . |
| 11 | ( It is for this reason that lying down when you feel faint is a good idea ) . |
| 12 | This is a relatively small garden measuring 33ft by 36ft ( 10m by 11m ) and our main task is to provide a real feeling of space and movement as well as rationalising the steep slope that drops down away from the house . |
| 13 | Plaice with smoked salmon , garnished with a fine , peppery leek and watercress sauce is a full-flavoured , main-course dish that went down especially well with Henry Lindeman 's Sémillon-Chardonnay from south-east Australia ( Spar , £3.99 ; Peter Dominic and Bottoms Up , £4.99 ) . |
| 14 | Even from this distance she could see the way muscles rippled across his chest as he reached up to unlock the window , the wedge of dark hair that arrowed down from his collar-bone , and she felt heat run along her veins . |
| 15 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 16 | For 50 years the Hops Marketing Board was a governmentregulated body that laid down the price of hops and how many each grower should produce on an annual basis . |
| 17 | The 401st moved slightly to the right to avoid it , but ran into an even heavier barrage that knocked down one B–17 from the 612th in the Group . |
| 18 | Werner was in his late forties with a short , stocky physique , thinning brown hair and a neatly trimmed russet moustache that tapered down over the corners of his mouth . |
| 19 | He wore a heavy cloak of dark cloth that came down to his ankles . |
| 20 | And see that wee thing that hangs down the back ? |
| 21 | She blinked , momentarily blinded , then experienced a sense of shock as she realised that her early warning system , that nervous tingle that ran down her spine , had betrayed her as her vision cleared and she realised Niall was standing beside her . |
| 22 | It was just as she had dreamed in her dreams it would be — a blissful sensation that shot down to her toes and sent her blood , like fiery rapids , exploding through her veins . |
| 23 | Then they were formal again , and the company was trooping out of the courtyard and into the cold breeze that billowed down from the distant mountains , their faces set towards the east . |
| 24 | Given that consistent pattern , it is hard to resist the idea that there is some basic mechanism that lays down first one element , then two , and then three , and so on . |
| 25 | There 's a little row that goes down beside it round the back , I never knew there was . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you saying I do n't ? ’ he enquired in a dangerously soft voice that slid down her spine like melting ice . |
| 27 | Charlotte lifted out a large bag of pale , soft leather , so limp as to seem empty , and lifted her eyebrows in surprise at the weight of the small , brown-paper-wrapped box that dragged down one corner of it . |
| 28 | The Exec Director rose from his desk and crossed to the window , stared out on the cold , snow-filled landscape that filtered down to Langley . |
| 29 | A lot of black hair that curled down her back . |
| 30 | Leyshon and Stokle suffered horrific injuries when they were trapped in a burning car that plunged down a steep hillside near Birdlip in Gloucestershire in November two years ago . |