Example sentences of "[adv] went down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But the lift buttons only went down to the ground floor . ’ |
| 2 | From that point on he only went down to the hospitals ‘ as and when required ’ . |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The boat went on without her and a few seconds later went down under the water . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I then went down into the cockpit , where I counted eleven of our best men lying dead . |
| 10 | She hesitated on the stairs , knowing it would be difficult to sleep then went down to the kitchen . |
| 11 | Sadleir then went down to the Red Sea coast at Yenbu , which he reached on 20 September . |
| 12 | They waited until the lane must surely be empty of funeral guests and then went down to the car . |
| 13 | ( 31/1/93 ) : Paul Stephen and I went to Richard Newcombe 's to pick up his long ladder to support the roof timbers on Paul 's car and then went down to the carriage and put all the roof on his car roof . |
| 14 | He found one in moments , and silently went down into the hold . |