Example sentences of "[adv] be down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 2 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 3 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 4 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 6 | If they 're thigh-high the stockmarket , too , will be up ; long , and share prices will also be down near the floor . |
| 7 | If I 'm not here , I 'll probably be down at the boatyard . |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 9 | Adam said , ‘ I have n't been down to the cottage in an age . |
| 10 | Conservative actually being down to the traffic calming . |