Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he refused to answer , then realised that no assassin would make such a noise so went down to the door and called out : ‘ Who 's there ? ’ |
| 2 | Consequently , the rule now laid down by the House of Lords is that where in construing a consolidation Act |
| 3 | Carol gave him his tea then sat down at the table next to Plummer , who carried on eating . |
| 4 | Many teachers , I have found , can remember from their own schooldays the shock and guilt they felt when a teacher finally broke down in the face of what , to the class , had seemed to be ‘ just having a bit of fun ’ . |
| 5 | Water also came down to the mill from a cutting , possibly working a mill wheel . |
| 6 | Throughout the Blitz , Lottie regularly trooped down to the Anderson shelter at the bottom of the garden with the boys and her baby daughter in a Moses basket . |
| 7 | In expanding their empire , the British had habitually sought out local agents through whom to impose their authority , and though these arrangements often broke down after the initial period of contact , sometimes they did not . |
| 8 | ‘ The window in the floor above flew down into the street , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The government also cracked down on the media , closing the Lagos daily newspaper The Punch for three weeks from April 29 and detaining the paper 's deputy editor , Chris Mamah . |
| 10 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 11 | Karen pulled out of John 's arms then climbed down into the cabin . |
| 12 | Sadleir then went down to the Red Sea coast at Yenbu , which he reached on 20 September . |
| 13 | Her hands flew up in horror then slammed down on the steering wheel . |
| 14 | Benjamin just stared down at the table , shaking his head . |
| 15 | The boat went on without her and a few seconds later went down under the water . |
| 16 | Dead graptoloids simply drifted down to the bottom where they were preserved by dark muds at a depth at which there was little oxygen in the water to support bottom-dwelling organisms . |
| 17 | The gunfire outside died down as the Haitians scattered . |
| 18 | ‘ But the lift buttons only went down to the ground floor . ’ |
| 19 | Despite this , Junius soon got down to the business of casting aspersions against the King 's character . |
| 20 | Which the authorities could not understand , because everyone knew that at lunchtime Mr Wolski always went down to the benches by the Cages and ate his sandwiches looking at the eagles . |
| 21 | Ignoring her , he looked through a small pile of paperbacks on the bedside table then settled down with the latest Ken Follett . |
| 22 | But the beauty and the loving care with which many a smaller city had been built and adorned in the early days of the Greek cities is a vital element in the history of the Greek city , obscurely pointing to a time , not of peace — for in Greece the lion never lay down with the lamb , and neighbouring cities constantly fought each other — but of more equal prosperity . |