Example sentences of "[noun] go down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the prince goes down through the wood to another exit |
| 2 | ‘ Get Hawkins to go down in the cellar and help thee , and mind th'do n't get up to any pranks . ’ |
| 3 | 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 — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | There were some steps going down to the foreshore near a riverside pub . |
| 6 | The sea wall ended , steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand . |
| 7 | And there are steps going down from the drawing room , and up from the dining room . |
| 8 | When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing . |
| 9 | Wayne Biggins went down in the box . |
| 10 | Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Gloria and Dot went down to the Town Hall once a fortnight to collect Dot 's vitamin ration . |
| 13 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |
| 14 | Or it could be the boy going down through the field and scaring them . |
| 15 | On Thursday night — late night shopping — Nails went down to the supermarket in his anorak with the big pockets and lifted six electric plugs , four pairs of scissors and a pair of pillowcases which he sold to a friend of his father 's for three pounds . |
| 16 | The ponies walked slowly because their feet went down into the snow . |
| 17 | The luggage had been collected and Maggie went down to the foyer , ready to leave . |
| 18 | But what about this : in 1853 , at Trouville , he watched the sun go down over the sea , and declared that it resembled a large disc of redcurrant jam . |
| 19 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 20 | Then the sun went down behind the hill and the whole world became grey and cold . |
| 21 | The guardian asked three climbers going down to the village to inform the police , as he was unable to contact them himself since the refuge radio was broken . |
| 22 | There were hundreds of ropes going down to the stage below — it was a long , long way down . |
| 23 | Could that be when Wetherby left his room to go down to the kitchen ? ’ |
| 24 | Almost without being aware of it I 'd progressed from the hesitancy of my first few days there to a strong positive desire to go down to the starting gate : any starting gate , anywhere . |
| 25 | What with the doctor going straight out and the deceased going down to the kitchen to thank both staff for a very good meal there was n't time — even if she took it herself , which is unlikely from all I hear . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Brian Williams went down on the ball once and had his head blatantly stamped on and he has a bad cut , ’ he added . |
| 27 | The hero Theseus went down into the underworld to support his friend Pirithous in an attempt to carry off Proserpine , Queen of Hades . |
| 28 | No answer was forthcoming , and no doubt the appropriate score went down on the questionnaire . |
| 29 | Your name goes down into the future as Mary Shelley . ’ |
| 30 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |