Example sentences of "[noun] down [prep] the [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He delighted in the blue tits which hung upside down on the peanuts Jane put out , yet his job was killing chickens — just because there was no other work . |
| 2 | Benjamin did establish that all memoranda , letters and documents sent from Westminster were handled by Dacourt , Peckle and Millet , whilst our mysterious young secretary did take the ambassador 's presents down to the Abbe Gerard . |
| 3 | Hunger and a need for sea air drove Ruth down to the Puerto de Pollensa . |
| 4 | Just below the glen the valley widens out into what is known as Rocky Valley , finally dropping off the map in rugged cliffs with a fall of some fifty or so feet down to the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 5 | Fancy a run down to the river Orne to collect some water ? ’ |
| 6 | The sky was soon dark and the sound of heavy bombs exploding died away , to be replaced by shells passing over the orchard from the British guns down by the river Orne . |
| 7 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 8 | Trent had followed the rivulet down to the Belpan River , crawling the entire distance , squirming silently through the mud and rotting vegetation . |
| 9 | By the beginning of December , it was possible to ski all the way down to the Coire Cas carpark . |
| 10 | Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean . |
| 11 | No ditch was observed here , presumably because the steep slope down to the River Alne rendered it unnecessary . |