Example sentences of "would be [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a green light would stab through the gloom and he 'd be roaring down the narrow concrete strip , faster and faster , holding Sugar back until it seemed the boundary fence was hurtling to meet them . |
| 2 | Durham County Council has given assurances that a close watch will be kept on the parking situation , especially at the weekends and if it was warranted , yellow lines would be placed down the west side of Lakeside . |
| 3 | The function of a written constitution would be to set down the laws and conventions relating to the main institutions of the state , the relations among them , and between them and private citizens . |
| 4 | His advice to companies would be to try to make the costs of all types of accidents visible as a first step to targeting prevention , and the obvious way would be to put down the costs on to the already established cost centres within a company . |
| 5 | The sea would start to roar at night , and the curlews would be hurled down the glen like dun-coloured bullets . |
| 6 | Instead of a ‘ Lock ’ ( or 9,000 cu. ft. of water ) being lost by the passage of a barge ( or barges ) through the ordinary wide lock — only about 90 cu. ft. or one — 100th part of a lock , would be passed down the Canal by the passage of one barge down the Canal and another barge up . |
| 7 | I feel I could play , but if I broke down during the game I would be letting down the team and myself . |
| 8 | ‘ Our only escape would be to climb down the face of the rock ; but … ’ her eyes rested on Adam ’ … your brother could not do it , mortal . |