Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps significant , in this opening paragraph , that the sentences move to a peak of length in sentence ( 4 ) , and thence slope down to the final brevity of ( 7 ) . |
| 2 | ( b ) Procedure It is of vital importance that the procedures to be adopted in the case of an expulsion are clearly and effectively laid down in the partnership agreement and that they are observed to the letter . |
| 3 | Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf . |
| 4 | Spider monkeys originate from South America and rarely come down from the trees in their wild state . |
| 5 | Guests are often late and rarely sit down at the table on time . |
| 6 | For example , an elder ( like the rest of us ) will get up , go to the toilet , go through familiar washing routines , make tea , collect the paper from the front door , and perhaps walk down to the shops or catch the bus into town , with competence and efficiency . |
| 7 | But despite the handicap Essex made a terrific fight of it and only went down off the penultimate ball . |
| 8 | But he has been very loving this summer and much cast down by the failure of the Italian cause and I will not grudge him a livelier time of it in Rome . |
| 9 | You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders . |
| 10 | ‘ Tonight why do n't we just skip all the 4 play mama , and just get down on the floor ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Tonight why do n't we just skip all the 4 play mama , and just get down on the floor ! ’ |
| 12 | I say , like I say I just just red er paint summat like , these are white these and just go down on the red and just up there and just up here , just get your displays |
| 13 | Sir John groaned as he eased his bulk up and sorrowfully waddled down to the aroma-filled kitchen . |
| 14 | Thus , in course of time , the artificiality of feudal organization was more and more broken down by the use of money , until in twelfth-century England , feudal service was commonly replaced by the payment of a tax , scutage , ‘ shield-money ’ . |
| 15 | A similar amendment had been introduced in the Commons and quickly voted down by the government . |
| 16 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 17 | Hillside pair Paul Williams and Phil Kenyon had a blank day losing their morning foursomes 4 & 3 and both going down in the singles . |
| 18 | And now get down to the end of the document . |
| 19 | The constable stayed with John Daubney for the rest of his shift and the signalman appreciated his company , but with no sign of the errant beasts and although both men peered regularly into the darkness and even went down to the lineside and checked , nothing was to be seen . |
| 20 | At times Great Chaos beasts find a way down to Avelorn from the Annulii and ravage the land , but they are swiftly and ruthlessly hunted down by the Everqueen 's would-be consorts in an effort to gain her favour . |
| 21 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 22 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 23 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 24 | A stroll in the moonlight by the old St Joseph 's seminary and the lake , and then looking down on the lights of Wigan . |
| 25 | coal , and then rake down to the bottom and that 's when you open the little door for the draught to go up and they cal they call them tortoise stove . |
| 26 | They waited until the lane must surely be empty of funeral guests and then went down to the car . |
| 27 | Apricot waited until her exams were over and then went down to the Catholic church and hung about until she met Bernard coming out of confession . |
| 28 | ( 31/1/93 ) : Paul Stephen and I went to Richard Newcombe 's to pick up his long ladder to support the roof timbers on Paul 's car and then went down to the carriage and put all the roof on his car roof . |
| 29 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 30 | All that on the hill and then go down to the and measure from there to the top of the hill to see how much pipe for the |