Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 2 | A roadside gate opposite admits to a field sloping down to the river ( no path ; no right of way so seek permission to visit ) where , in a wild and impressive setting , the Dee , here flowing in a deep ravine , leaps in a waterfall into a deep pool beneath a high canopy of trees . |
| 3 | A short flight of stone steps led down to the entrance . |
| 4 | His eyes flickered down to the gondola . |
| 5 | The reporter 's eyes flickered down to the floor . |
| 6 | Others flow into a stone tank or pond , or have a brick well-housing , with steps leading down to the water . |
| 7 | She had reached the pier now , and , still fighting against the wind , made for the flight of iron steps leading down to the beach . |
| 8 | There was a gate in the wall that overlooked the seashore — the wall where she and Guido had stood last night — with a flight of stone steps leading down to the beach . |
| 9 | The Doctor looked back from the short flight of steps leading down to the entry hall , and watched the TARDIS dematerialize with a feeling of pain at seeing his ship go without him . |
| 10 | The slight figure of a woman emerged from the hotel and stood on the steps leading down to the terrace , scanning the tables with anxious eyes and making agitated , jerky movements with her hands . |
| 11 | Or what we could do , well , what I mean is , maybe would n't do any harm going down to the pub tonight to see if the others are there , only a quick drink mind , we ca n't be sure what they 're like yet — ’ |
| 12 | Chatterton climbed down to the deck and told me that Robin-Anne had eaten a huge breakfast . |
| 13 | ‘ We decided to build a balcony with steps going down to the garden , but our builder advised us to think about the year-round advantages of a conservatory , ’ Claudia explained . |
| 14 | There were some steps going down to the foreshore near a riverside pub . |
| 15 | Clifford and another constable who was in the car got down to the foreshore as quickly as they could on the offchance that the man was alive and needed help , but they soon saw that he was n't . |
| 16 | Accounting stripped down to the core The latest chapters in the ASB 's Statement of Principles deal with some fundamental issues |
| 17 | When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing . |
| 18 | Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes . |
| 19 | Gazza 's former Spurs team-mate Gary Lineker turned his talents to cricket yesterday and made 103 for Cross Arrows at Lord 's , but his side went down to the Stock Exchange by five wickets |
| 20 | Gloria and Dot went down to the Town Hall once a fortnight to collect Dot 's vitamin ration . |
| 21 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |
| 22 | There is a huge sign here below the Allt Coire Giubhsachan , a steep , slabby waterfall cascading down to the edge of the car park , that yells , ‘ WARNING ! |
| 23 | " When you get into the field you can see the wood sloping down to the river . |
| 24 | Then his gaze moved down to the painting . |
| 25 | At Gebe/ Serag the cultivation on the east bank disappeared altogether and the desert came down to the river , leaving only the railway line and a few scrubby bushes clinging to the water 's edge . |
| 26 | He made fast the rope round Trent 's neck to the handhold beside the companionway leading down to the head in the port hull . |
| 27 | Smelling the water , Daisy needed no further encouragement and put on a spurt to hurry down to the river . |
| 28 | A quaint old-world village slopes down to the water , over green downs , quarried like some gigantic rabbit burrow , with the stone workings of seven hundred years ’ . |
| 29 | He found him , or was found by him , on the 22nd of June , in the valley of the river Lugg , near Pilleth , where the steep slopes of Bryn Glas hurtled down to the track on one hand , and the flats and meadows of the river hemmed it on the other . |
| 30 | Set in tropical gardens leading down to the beach , the Nyali Beach is one of Kenya 's best known hotels . |