Example sentences of "[verb] down a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | US cities are different from British cities in that , housing goes down a long chain of ownership , becoming more downgraded with each owner , because the wealthy continually build new houses . |
| 2 | Tabitha found herself being diverted down a long underground tunnel to the civil concourse . |
| 3 | Sub David Cork was brought down by Wes Saunders after Cusack headed down a long punt by Prudhoe , but Cook , taking the responsibility instead of the absent Lee Ellison , blasted his spot kick too close to Gareth Howells and the keeper pushed the ball away . |
| 4 | It is simpler to make the note " Jones p. 253 " than to write down a long dissertation which is already in print . |
| 5 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 6 | One bridled gilly held his head high and with effort painful to watch , gulped down a long sand eel , head first . |
| 7 | In the resonance technique a series of pulses of either compressional or torsional waves is transmitted down a long rod mechanically coupled to the specimen under investigation . |
| 8 | It grew until it was a window and out through the window she could see down a long tunnel ; and beyond that the sun shining and the mountains rising over the fruit trees . |
| 9 | Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table , alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers . |
| 10 | On that occasion , I was moving down a long , straight road with wide meadows on either side of me . |
| 11 | The cab skidded to a halt , its headlights pointing down a long slope of scree . |
| 12 | As an immigrant , one spent an inordinate amount of time staring down a long narrow hall , at the end of which , behind the immigration officers , was a divided staircase . |
| 13 | You 're running down a long silent street . |
| 14 | The price of shares would ‘ go down a long way . ’ |
| 15 | The armies that came to Lebanon marched down a long , dull tunnel that inevitably ended in brown smoke and pieces of flesh . |