Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] down [prep] [art] [noun] " 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 | She could almost imagine the door opening and Isabelle coming in to sit down at the dressing-table with its pretty antique tortoiseshell and silver toilet set , humming softly as she loved to do . |
| 3 | I wanted only to go down to the summer-house and watch the leaves falling until night fell with them . |
| 4 | We got in to drive down to the medina . |
| 5 | You stand a better chance if you put something with the Sunday and even then that might not be completely enough to reach down to the crevices , but I think some method , and that 's why I suggested surgeries actually , was that we have to talk regularly to people face to face and once you 're in a room with people then it goes , does n't it ? |
| 6 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 7 | All the same , she wished she had been stronger in her advice to Nona not to go down by the Cutty Sark . |
| 8 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 9 | He was being paid to work , was n't he , not to lie down on the job ? |
| 10 | Even though the ball is further back in your stance , try not to chop down into the ball . |
| 11 | Paul Dixon put Leeds ahead but Leigh came back well and snatched the lead when scrum-half Stuart Pugsley chipped through to touch down at the side of the posts for Tanner to improve . |
| 12 | Although public awareness of the Third Reich is probably greater in Germany than in the US , the organisers were right not to cut down on the documentary material . |
| 13 | ‘ What sort of accommodation have you got in Harwich ? ’ she asked , as we went off to sit down in the lounge . |
| 14 | He nodded towards Thomas , who had wandered off to squat down on the terrace and poke at something at the foot of the vines . |
| 15 | ‘ In that case I must ask you both to come down to the station with me . |
| 16 | The south east ridge leads down into a bowl of porridge-like peat , so I bore off eastwards , still rough enough , into the paring wind , crossing the Allt an t-Strathain Mhoir high up to drop down to the church . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
| 19 | Then he went back to lie down in the corner of the cell . |
| 20 | Yawl ran an excellent Oaks trial in Wednesday 's Tripleprint Lupe Stakes at Goodwood , rallying bravely to go down by a head to Gisarne . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the new wealth was subject to some control through institutions which were central to the image of Arab government ( household , lineage ) even if the wider groupings were likely eventually to break down under the pressures of differentiation . |
| 22 | ‘ I am not about to sit down to a meal with you , ’ she said bitingly , ‘ Nor am I — ’ |
| 23 | And was the water there to go down into the villages ? |
| 24 | Carew was about to reach down for the attaché case resting against the leg of the chair when Harrison leaned forward towards him , his face contorted with bitterness and dislike . |
| 25 | On the subject of delays in responding to minutes , Mr Holden pointed out that speeding up the process would also add to costs , and that some delay arose because reports had to be considered by the Institute as well as by the JMU ; any suggestions on how to cut down on the time involved would be gratefully received . |
| 26 | She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair . |
| 27 | Agnes stood directly in front of her mother now as she said , ‘ Would it do you any harm either to go down into the shop or to go over to the house and change the linen ? |
| 28 | Sharpe stepped a pace forward to look down at the map . |
| 29 | Hovering , Ace considered where to touch down on the surface below . |