Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 3 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 4 | They both chuckled and passed on down the road . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He entered the next carriage , his hand gripped tightly around the railing , and moved slowly down the corridor until he reached his own compartment . |
| 9 | Mr. Decker grinned weakly , made a vague gesture with his hand and moved off down the aisle to buy an ice cream . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He looked at himself in his mind 's eye , squared his shoulders and carried on down the stairs . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In fact , he did begin to run , but then he stopped , abruptly , right in the entrance , turned round , and peered back down the tunnel . |
| 15 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
| 16 | Nearby , the siren of an ambulance cries like a mad baby , its pitch rising as it passes us and heads on down the street . |
| 17 | ‘ I said , ‘ Get lost ’ , and pushed past him and staggered off down the corridor . |
| 18 | Soon she grew bored with watching and wandered away down the path towards the road . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | He checked that she was all right , then told her he 'd be back in a while and wandered off down the aisle . |
| 21 | He dashed into the nearest shop doorway at the cab took off from the kerb again and accelerated away down the street . |
| 22 | But before she could continue , he was brushing past her roughtly , almost causing her to stagger and stumble back down the steps . |
| 23 | She jumped into the jeep and drove furiously down the hill . |
| 24 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Without answering , she left the room and came slowly down the stairs . |
| 28 | She dressed swiftly , then slipped out the door from his apartment into the silence of the sleeping palazzo and tiptoed stealthily down the stairs . |
| 29 | ‘ I shall start the bagpipes here and walk back down the hill towards the woods , playing as I go . ’ |
| 30 | They rise and walk back down the valley . |