Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Poor old Corbett , ’ said Septimus Coffin , as Penny shoved the books into her briefcase and made off down the drive . |
| 2 | He turned , pale-faced , and made off down the corridor . |
| 3 | They both chuckled and passed on down the road . |
| 4 | However , the real action is when you jump into the cockpit and zoom off down the runway to strike a blow against the evil Quadaffi . |
| 5 | The Asian security man unlocked the door to the documentary department office and loped off down the corridor with a distracted smile on his face . |
| 6 | Mr. Decker grinned weakly , made a vague gesture with his hand and moved off down the aisle to buy an ice cream . |
| 7 | A pool was contained under a miniature cliff , broken half-way up its face by the route the path took in looping round and pressing on down the valley . |
| 8 | He looked at himself in his mind 's eye , squared his shoulders and carried on down the stairs . |
| 9 | They walked down under the archway of trees to the Littles ' cottage , stood outside the gate chatting to Zach and carried on down the lane . |
| 10 | In fact , he did begin to run , but then he stopped , abruptly , right in the entrance , turned round , and peered back down the tunnel . |
| 11 | The other three turned and bolted off down the stairs . |
| 12 | Nearby , the siren of an ambulance cries like a mad baby , its pitch rising as it passes us and heads on down the street . |
| 13 | ‘ I said , ‘ Get lost ’ , and pushed past him and staggered off down the corridor . |
| 14 | Dorothea did not even mind when she lost her grip and wandered off down the avenues of the past , for sometimes she could accompany her , at any rate part of the way , and |
| 15 | He checked that she was all right , then told her he 'd be back in a while and wandered off down the aisle . |
| 16 | But before she could continue , he was brushing past her roughtly , almost causing her to stagger and stumble back down the steps . |
| 17 | Then she turned the car and drove off down the lane . |
| 18 | When the daylight drained from the winter sky , like steel growing cold , some of the humans got into their vehicles and drove off down the lane . |
| 19 | He produced a knife , ordered the taxi driver to stop , forced all but one of the prison officers out of the car , and drove off down the M40 towards London . |
| 20 | ‘ I shall start the bagpipes here and walk back down the hill towards the woods , playing as I go . ’ |
| 21 | They rise and walk back down the valley . |
| 22 | " I 'm off home , She waved and cycled off down the High Street . |
| 23 | Here is Tufnell coming up again , bowls over and outside the off stump , and that one goes to Robin Smith , and he 's hit somewhere on the boot and ricochets off down the pitch . |
| 24 | Knowing who we are as humans has been one of the great vexed questions , searched after and written about down the centuries . |
| 25 | You 're a fool , boy , ’ he said , and clumped off down the hall . |
| 26 | At any minute they would see the two horses and they would mount them and ride on down the road and all would be well . |
| 27 | And with that he started off , crossing the road and going back down the hill . |
| 28 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 29 | We abandoned the attempt to reach Hveravellir , accepted that the weather and conditions were against us and retreated back down the valley towards civilization . |
| 30 | One of the men waved in his direction and he waved back , kept his head down and hurtled on down the track . |