Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 2 | The festivities started with a parade through the town led by the Houlton Silver Band and as I looked down from the windows of our bed-sitter I could see them all gathering in the street below . |
| 3 | I remember a December night : I heard the church clock strike nine as I went down into the garden — it was warm enough to walk . |
| 4 | As I went down in the lift I thought it pretty clever of Purvis to get the bike rider 's licence . |
| 5 | Could it be , I mused , as I snuggled down into the Dodge 's heavily bolstered bucket seat on the autostrada running north of Milan to Switzerland , that Detroit has finally built a competent , European-style sporting saloon ? |
| 6 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 7 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 8 | As I walked down by the riverside one evening in the spring Heard a long gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake 's cry of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars and the laughter , and the fights May the ghosts that howled round the house at night never keep you from your sleep May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight or wherever they may be … |
| 9 | Taff enquired as I jumped down into the trench beside him . |
| 10 | Taff was in a foul mood as I jumped down into the trench . |
| 11 | I am not a small man , nor am I a weakling , yet the thin Sweetman seemed unconcerned as I jumped down into the cockpit . |
| 12 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 13 | As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us . |
| 14 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
| 15 | The whole point of Lourdes comes out as you walk down from the centre of the town towards the river and the Cité Religieuse on the far bank . |
| 16 | It actually comes down to then , a more local area could be eighteen to twenty into Harlow , and then as you break down into the other figures , that then comes into a road and a postcode will actually go down to about fifteen houses in total , by putting your door number at the end of it , it makes it identifiable to your premises . |
| 17 | The problems of implementing policy showed as you go down through the layers . |
| 18 | The valley , homely and tree clad , is spread below you and as you drop down from the pass , just above Thwaite , you can see Muker down the dale looking like a toy village . |
| 19 | The memory of the outcome brought a smile to her face on that Saturday morning as she walked down towards the crouching figure of Aggie . |
| 20 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 21 | Our beamy Bénéteau made a lot of noise as she slammed down into the troughs before climbing the next steep wave . |
| 22 | Carrie leaned back in her chair and rubbed the tips of her fingers across her forehead as she stared down at the mass of papers on the kitchen table . |
| 23 | Still , she reflected soberly as she stared down at the water , being on the boat had at least served to clarify her thoughts in one direction . |
| 24 | I thought I was falling in love with him ! she told herself as she went down to the dining-room . |
| 25 | Dawn was just breaking as she went down to the burn to fetch water . |
| 26 | There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features . |
| 27 | Her tattered shirt and ancient denims in no way detracted from her tall decorum as she gazed down upon the squat clerical figure . |
| 28 | She 'd removed her ripped stockings earlier and now , as she looked down at the patchwork of scratches and grazes , she was relieved that there had n't been more damage . |
| 29 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 30 | There were tears in her eyes as she looked down across the footlights to the man in the front row , on his feet now , applauding . |