Example sentences of "down over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless he seemed willing enough to accompany the Finnish detective in the dangerous climb down over the tumbling rocks to where his cousin and his cousin 's pretty , peroxided fiancée lay . |
| 2 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 3 | What is amazing , therefore , is that the agency that has the responsibility for this programme — Milton Keynes Development Corporation — has been largely wound down over the past few years and the remainder of it will cease to exist in 1992 . |
| 4 | And even if Nigel Lawson contains inflation and brings interest rates down over the next year , Labour will be able to remind voters ‘ Do n't forget ’ . |
| 5 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 6 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
| 7 | Next time it might come down over the centre of a large city . ’ |
| 8 | He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees . |
| 9 | Second , the Algerian negotiations between ETA and the Spanish government broke down over the government 's unwillingness to accept in principle the Basques ' right of self-determination . |
| 10 | Manpower had come down over the years from 470,000 in 1960 to 215,000 twenty years later , but the business was still over-staffed . |
| 11 | If your weight has gone up and down over the last year ( or ten years ! ) try to remember when and why it was up or down . |
| 12 | The top half of it slides down over the bottom half so that it can be lowered right down to table-top level when a debate is going on and a speaker is sitting down . |
| 13 | The Swiss pair sped down over the Third Ice Field , zoomed out from the sheer rockface beneath it and landed with a crunch on the Second Ice Field ; then , as limbs were torn from their bodies , they launched again off the cliff , landed on the First Ice Field , and again careened down the slope and zoomed out and down . |
| 14 | The Government 's principal task in the months to come will be to restore the right mix of monetary and fiscal policy — now badly out of balance — so that interest rates have a better chance of coming down , and staying down over the long run . |
| 15 | Or had it been shot down over the Channel ? |
| 16 | Major Wiseman has stated that the plane was presumed shot down over the Channel . |
| 17 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 18 | The 40-tonne space complex showered down over the foothills of the Andes in western Argentina . |
| 19 | Though her hair was not quite dry Franca began to plait it very fast , letting a long thick plait materialise between her nimble hands , then tossing it over her shoulder and letting it hang down over the back of the chair . |
| 20 | Walk from the Malá Strana end of the bridge past the first six pairs of statues listed below , then look down over the edge to your right over Kampa Island . |
| 21 | It often gets me when I am in a high building or can look down over the city , or sometimes at a station when there is another journey to begin . |
| 22 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 23 | We were in a car looking down over the Bay and I said I 've got to go out . |
| 24 | Place your hands gently over the eyes , the heels of your hands creating the darkness , with the fingers extending down over the temples . |
| 25 | Down over the railway footbridge , past Milford Manor to Milford Bridge . |
| 26 | As the coal went down over the winter months , these boards would be taken away to lower the height . |
| 27 | The war was over , I had a steady boyfriend who was n't likely to be shot down over the Ruhr , and I was working with a bunch of very congenial people . |
| 28 | The newcomer was ostentatiously dressed in robes slashed with yellow taffeta and bound by a gold cord very similar to one used by Benstede , although the latter had a row of knots in his to prevent it slipping down over the loops on his gown . |
| 29 | It is this tradition which I suspect has been handed down over the generations in particular families , but which is dying out . |
| 30 | It was fastened tightly on to the right horn , so it dangled down over the cheek and eye . |