Example sentences of "down over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Werner was in his late forties with a short , stocky physique , thinning brown hair and a neatly trimmed russet moustache that tapered down over the corners of his mouth . |
| 2 | The 40-tonne space complex showered down over the foothills of the Andes in western Argentina . |
| 3 | They leaned against the heavy stone balustrade of the terrace , looking down over the gardens , dark and mysterious . |
| 4 | It is this tradition which I suspect has been handed down over the generations in particular families , but which is dying out . |
| 5 | The shirt comes right down over the feet , and threaded through with a woollen thread at the ankles , with tassels at the end . |
| 6 | The newcomer was ostentatiously dressed in robes slashed with yellow taffeta and bound by a gold cord very similar to one used by Benstede , although the latter had a row of knots in his to prevent it slipping down over the loops on his gown . |
| 7 | He got out of the planes coming , we , we was coming over from de Laborgie and you give him the needle and I had to lead him off the lead him off the plane , and going down over the chimneys in Chantilly to landu Laborgie he goes , woo ooh ooh , getting ready you know . |
| 8 | More recently , it was impossible to forget how he personally had been let down over the reserves pledged for the first phase at Verdun . |
| 9 | Manpower had come down over the years from 470,000 in 1960 to 215,000 twenty years later , but the business was still over-staffed . |
| 10 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 11 | She had given up counting the number of marriage proposals she had turned down over the years . |
| 12 | If you weave half way across a row and stop and take off the sinker plate , you 'll see the weaving yarn weaving up and down over the needles . |
| 13 | They were like little nets : they were exactly the shape of a horse 's ears : he pulled them down over the ears , and they each had a red or blue tassel hanging on them . |
| 14 | Place your hands gently over the eyes , the heels of your hands creating the darkness , with the fingers extending down over the temples . |
| 15 | And when the first visors were introduced they made the heavy hats flop down over the troops ' faces . |
| 16 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 17 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
| 18 | The sun 's dipping down over the trees and a breeze gets up , rustling the leaves on the ornamental shrubs and blowing some grit into my left eye , making it water again . |
| 19 | But the skies were darkening and the rain was pouring down over the fields . |
| 20 | We looked down over the police barrier at the upside-down Golf below us . |
| 21 | Roll out most of this ( 450g/1lb ) to a large circle and use to cover the cake , smoothing down over the sides and over the join . |