Example sentences of "[adv] go down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them would not go on , but three were brave enough to go down into the valley . |
| 2 | I wanted only to go down to the summer-house and watch the leaves falling until night fell with them . |
| 3 | ‘ But the lift buttons only went down to the ground floor . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | I came back on the Friday night and erm , well I 've packed my job in at the Transport Department , I better go down to the Recruiting Office and see what else . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'd better go down to the stream and hide in the bushes , ’ said Geoffrey . |
| 7 | If you ca n't control your temper you 'd better go down to the canteen and help yourself to a drink . |
| 8 | Lucien was so disturbed by the dream that the following morning he considered staying in his room and not going down to the exercise court to practice with Resenence . |
| 9 | Mark took from Sophia the cyclostyled leaflet hardly a ‘ brochure ’ he felt — and read through the rules starting with ‘ Sex ( undoctored … = and Siamese cats can not be accepted ) ’ , going on to invite owners to bring bedding but ‘ no bowls , please ’ , and ending with the injunction ‘ This year we must ask you to leave your cat at the house and not go down to the Cattery . |
| 10 | Well can you not go down in the morning when you 're a bit better ? |
| 11 | But look a little more deeply and you will see that something else has happened too ; if a number of people have gone down with the cold , does not it mean that a number of people have not gone down with the cold ? |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll just go down to the surgery and pick up my case . |
| 13 | ‘ And are you still going down in the starsuit ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And are you still going down in the starsuit ? ’ |
| 15 | We ca n't not ever go down to the beach again , or to the spinney . " |
| 16 | The boat went on without her and a few seconds later went down under the water . |
| 17 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 18 | We also went down into the valley , into , we were on the edge of the Rift Valley , and there there were a different sort of people . |
| 19 | No I think that they 'll probably go down to the Mum and |
| 20 | No , I think that there 'll probably go down to the mum and slept there |
| 21 | Cold may also go down onto the chest with lots of secretions , coughing and rattling of mucus . |
| 22 | The tape measure had now to go down into the hollow as well as across the circle , and it was not long enough to do this . |
| 23 | It has been submitted to the South Oxfordshire District Council full planning committee and has been approved , and it is now going down to the South Oxfordshire District Committee , but I do n't quite why it 's going |
| 24 | He would often go down to the Hare and Hounds at the west end of Hury — it 's gone now of course — but he was a grand man and his scarum ways did not alter my affection for him one bit . |
| 25 | Do n't you … no , I rarely go down into the town at the weekends . |
| 26 | and possibly even go down to the trust and talk to them . |
| 27 | The constable stayed with John Daubney for the rest of his shift and the signalman appreciated his company , but with no sign of the errant beasts and although both men peered regularly into the darkness and even went down to the lineside and checked , nothing was to be seen . |
| 28 | As long as you do n't go down into the attic , I 'm sure I 've told you this , he goes as long as you do n't go down into the attic . |
| 29 | As long as you do n't go down into the attic , I 'm sure I 've told you this , he goes as long as you do n't go down into the attic . |
| 30 | ’ We ca n't go down to the planet ! ’ |