Example sentences of "[vb infin] down [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can whip down to the Bricklayers for a pint . ’ |
| 2 | From where he stood , high up , he could look down on the roofs of the houses . |
| 3 | Sipping an evening martini at the Top of the Mark ( the glass-encircled roof garden of the Mark Hopkins Hotel high on Nob Hill ) one could look down at the lights of that most cosmopolitan city — over the warehouses and docks of the Embarcadero , over to Grant Avenue and Chinatown , down the cable-car track to Fisherman 's Wharf and beyond to the lights of the Golden Gate Bridge which crossed the bay to Sausolito . |
| 4 | Even by the standards of ships that could set down upon the surfaces of worlds , the Tormentum Malorum was singularly sleek and streamlined for rapid departure or arrival through atmosphere . |
| 5 | There was a suggestion at the inquest that he sought to relieve himself out of the window rather than trudge down to the jakes in the basement , a distressing but not unprecedented recourse for chaps well gone in their cups . |
| 6 | ‘ Would never go down to the cellars like everyone else when the air-raid siren went . |
| 7 | But how will it go down with the fans like England soccer heroes Gary Lineker and Des Walker or film stars Liz Taylor and Joan Collins ? |
| 8 | Australian Greg Norman may go down in the record-books as the unluckiest player in the major championships . |
| 9 | this match will go down in the records as a runaway victory for United but all the goals came in the last ten minutes … |
| 10 | Stopping on the lonely road , I watched the sun go down in the trees behind Thornfield , and then in the silence I heard a horse approaching . |
| 11 | It could all come down to the doorsteps in Darlington . |
| 12 | Well We came in one morning , the electrician and I , about five instead of seven , because we 'd done and er we used to nip in and kip down with the horses for ten minutes which was forbidden , to sleep in the colliery . |
| 13 | I 'd hunch down under the covers with just an air-hole to breath through , and shelter there . |
| 14 | Instead of being critical , adversarial or even sceptical , the media should bow down to the needs of the country so as to encourage development across all sectors . |
| 15 | I still believe that one day humanity will bow down before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed , and non-violent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land . |
| 16 | Soon she would lie down in the arms of a stronger lover than Tom would ever be and fall asleep . |