Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
2 | The Woman loomed over the group , tall and brown and smiling down at the two mops of black hair — one over a quizzical smile and the other over a scowl . |
3 | Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down . |
4 | If we were to construct a ‘ ladder ’ of non-fatal offences , starting with the most serious and moving down to the least serious , the offence of attempted murder should be placed at the top . |
5 | After a further mile towards Chapel-le-Dale , a track turns off the road to the left and goes down to the beck in the valley bottom , arriving at a section roofed by a natural arch of considerable length . |
6 | Alternatively you can turn right along the forest road then go left and drop down off the road to follow a track and waymarkers down to the car park . |
7 | How could anyone know that Wetherby was going to get hungry and go down to the kitchen for some cheese ? |
8 | One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep . |
9 | The reduction in the numbers visiting the gardens has allowed the grass to remain green and cut down on the amount of litter dropped and graffiti scribbled . |
10 | One evening I felt restless and walked down to the harbour . |
11 | There was a pause , then he said , ‘ Well now , would you be very kind and go down to the cabin and fetch me a bottle of wine , Jim ? |
12 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
13 | Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead . |