Example sentences of "[conj] went down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The floorboards that went down to the water with Harry , they stayed under . |
| 2 | There was quite a gang of us that went down to the station — four Walshes and me . |
| 3 | She liked wearing the cap ; it made her feel different , as did the long grey coat that went down to the top of her boots , because then she did not feel like Millie Forester , whose mother and father were dead and had no-one belonging to her , except the fat woman and the man with short legs , but more like a princess who , every now and again , donned strange clothes and went out among the common people , and was kind to them , and yet always remained a princess under the disguise . |
| 4 | Moderator I am not convinced that in rejecting the legislation that went down under the Barrier Act , presbyteries were merely endorsing the status quo . |
| 5 | Michael had long eyelashes and freckles that went down inside the neck of his uniform . |
| 6 | They fell into step together , and went down onto the path which followed the bank of the stream , Jehan laughed softly , and then he sat down in the middle of the carpet to eat the last of the sweet cakes . |
| 7 | When they were out of sight , Mungo touched the golden glass ball for luck and went down to the yard . |
| 8 | He picked up his jacket and went down to the basement . |
| 9 | She got up and went down to the kitchen to start getting their dinner . |
| 10 | When she woke in the morning , she pulled on her dressing-gown and went down to the kitchen to make some tea . |
| 11 | Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone . |
| 12 | I left Kristin and Sabine in the garden talking to the bodyboarding champion of the world and went down to the beach . |
| 13 | At nine o'clock he left his room and went down to the bar . |
| 14 | He left her after about half an hour and went down to the lake to see Burkett . |
| 15 | Every morning the full tribe got the pots , pans and went down to the river , washed , got the clean water , carried back and they lived well . |
| 16 | She opened the first bottle of wine , and went down to the door . |
| 17 | Curious , Ace stepped out into the sun , and went down to the door . |
| 18 | At the well they left their books and went down to the shore . |
| 19 | He laid his bike on the grass verge and went down to the water 's edge . |
| 20 | She put on her anorak and went down to the TV room . |
| 21 | And lay in the bus and went down to the park . |
| 22 | That evening she bathed , put on her skirt and the new jumper , and went down to the dining room . |
| 23 | Last weekend we booked a 55-seater coach and went down to the youth soccer international at Wembley between England and Italy and had a marvellous time . ’ |
| 24 | Then he pulled her to him , and kissed her and this time stayed kissing her , and when she did not struggle , he pressed on , and went down to the ground with her and months of longing for her flooded him almost instantly , so that he had no time to swing with her long , cool firmness as he had dreamed of so often , but the instant release in contact with her swept away all his turbulence . |
| 25 | She waved at him from the door and went down to the street . |
| 26 | And that were on a Wednesday and then on Saturday when I went and asked him come home , got changed , and went down to the club . |
| 27 | Relieved , Juliet left the trolley and went down to the dining-room . |
| 28 | And went down into the kitchen , whose door she boldly opened , not caring that it had been shut to bar her out . |
| 29 | The riders turned a corner and went down into the village . |
| 30 | We are doing a study of Debenham Church in History at the moment and went down into the village in the lesson time to draw the different types of windows in the building . |