Example sentences of "and [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Immense parasites twining round the trees taking root some of them at the tops of the trees and hanging down to the ground , others surrounding the trees like a crown — heard the bell bird with his incessant ting ting , the coachwhip bird & c. — a heavy shower of rain accompanied by lightning — soon cleared up — every green thing looked more beautiful for its sprinkling . ’
2 Hold rear legs gently backwards and comb down towards the foot .
3 It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness .
4 The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament .
5 He walked to the window and gazed down through the net curtains .
6 We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats .
7 Flat roofs are laid with a slight slope so that rainwater can be collected by conventional gutters and led down to the drains .
8 ‘ We should get six top international players and a number of international referees and sit down with the law-makers so that all points of view are aired . ’
9 Forget the original lecture situation and sit down with the speaker to work out the best way of communicating his or her message on the video screen .
10 Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side .
11 There 's plenty here , so if you clean yourself up and sit down at the table I 'll put something out for you too .
12 ‘ Come and sit down in the bar , ’ says Mrs Bixman .
13 It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house .
14 A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise .
15 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 .
16 Roy , 37 , even leaves Janette in the dead of night and goes down to the bar hoping to catch a glimpse of his beloved spirit .
17 Cross the road and take path going north-north-east which then bears left to Stoke Ridge and goes down to the bend in the road at Stoke Pero .
18 Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring .
19 He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity .
20 LUKE PARKED HIS Chevrolet Celebrity on the fifth floor of the studio carpark and rode down in the elevator with two minor executives in tracksuits who were discussing the latest records broken by ‘ 'T IS He Whose Yester-evening 's High Disdain ’ .
21 From this viewpoint cultural rules are not given determinants of individual action but are continually built up and broken down as the result of individual choices and decisions .
22 They broke through the upper windows and tumbled down in the middle of us .
23 Then she opened the bedroom door and crept down through the dark , silent house .
24 Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market .
25 If he 's been largely absent from the small screen for the last two years ( the South Bank Show spoof , Norbert Smith , was a revamp of an old idea ) , that 's because he 's unplugged the phone , taken time out with his two old drinking pals and got down to the serious business of mucking about .
26 As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money .
27 Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord .
28 Her tracksuit and flying jacket dragged on the ground as she slid and bumped down into the blackness .
29 Draws near and flops down on the seat .
30 Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method .
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