Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts in September or October down in the West Country , where the Dorset Horn and the Dorset Down get together to produce a little bleating ball of fluff round about 152 days later , and ready for the table not so long after that . |
| 2 | Gone are the days when a couple furnished their house from top to bottom in a style that fitted in with the tastes of friends , neighbours , colleagues at work , or cronies down at the pub or tennis club . |
| 3 | So you thought gliding was a pleasant way of spending leisure time away from the cares and woes down on the ground . |
| 4 | The growing trend in directors ' personal liability , which some would argue assumes a superhuman omniscience about what is happening within the company at all times , means an effective plan driving awareness and responsibility down through the organisation is increasingly essential . |
| 5 | No you do n't , no see they 've had er mums and tots down at the centre today |
| 6 | She put a plate of steak and chips down on the kitchen table with an array of sauce-bottles and vinegar . |
| 7 | One evening Sigarup brought the rams and he-goats down from the mountain pastures and Śa kar went to take his place , tending the ewes and lambs . |
| 8 | Alternatively you can turn right along the forest road then go left and drop down off the road to follow a track and waymarkers down to the car park . |
| 9 | On death their placed as aggregate and rain down onto the sea floor where they dissolve if the water is deep enough . |
| 10 | ‘ Doctor , get the captain and squire down to the cabin . |
| 11 | Estella put some bread and meat down on the ground for me , like a dog . |
| 12 | We moved fast back up the stairs , along the passage and back down into the lobby of the Regal Arms , trying not to run . |
| 13 | Taking the Dornier 's position will be Hudson A16-199 , itself needing the other wings removed before it can be towed from its current position through the Sydney Camm Hall in the centre of the display area , and back down past the Beaufighter and Belvedere , finally being positioned opposite the Stranraer flying-boat . |
| 14 | He marked in the cabin , the quarry , and the track up as far as the cabin and back down through the dip to the fork . |
| 15 | At the climax of the episode Dr Kate ministered to this Miss Havisham figure ( ’ She needs help , not punishment ’ ) , while hubby was out doing an OK Corral number with the mods and rockers down at the village dance . |
| 16 | This was of narrow gauge ( 1' 11 ’ ) and opened in the same year , 1868 , to carry slates from the Hendre Ddu quarries and timber down to the railway . |
| 17 | Kylie Minogue is making a rare live appearance and performance down on the beach . |
| 18 | He put the biscuits and carton down on the table and turned off the light . |
| 19 | I personally do n't like to eat them while I 'm drinking because I get too full , but if I put a plate of pie and peas down in the club they would go like lightning . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Shouting at me is n't a lot of help , ’ Polly blazed , flinging pencil and ruler down on the chart spread over the tray balanced on her knee , then lifting her head to glare at him . |
| 21 | Slightly further afield you can visit — by road , on foot or on horseback — the villages of Fischbach , Faulenfürst and Rothaus to name but three , and way down in the valley to the west is the main Black Forest town of Freiburg . |
| 22 | After the first interval she took Freddie Reynalde 's coffee and biscuits down to the band room under the stage . |
| 23 | She put her cup and saucer down on the table . |
| 24 | And then it was over , and Jennifer was left alone to watch as the gravediggers , tumbled the pile of earth and stones down onto the coffin , with the wind bending the sea pinks and the guillemots balancing on the upcurrents , and in the distance a farmer 's wife called " Pru-it ! " to her cow . |
| 25 | Then we left , through the old city gates , skirting its wall as we hastened along alleyways and runnels down to the river quayside at East Watergate . |
| 26 | The door wo n't shut , and so I position my foot against it and horse-piss down into the bowl . |
| 27 | This meant that the flutes were full width at the base of the sphere , but taper down on the top . |