Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 ? ’
2 Consequently , the rule now laid down by the House of Lords is that where in construing a consolidation Act
3 Carol gave him his tea then sat down at the table next to Plummer , who carried on eating .
4 Many teachers , I have found , can remember from their own schooldays the shock and guilt they felt when a teacher finally broke down in the face of what , to the class , had seemed to be ‘ just having a bit of fun ’ .
5 Water also came down to the mill from a cutting , possibly working a mill wheel .
6 ‘ The window in the floor above flew down into the street , ’ he said .
7 The government also cracked down on the media , closing the Lagos daily newspaper The Punch for three weeks from April 29 and detaining the paper 's deputy editor , Chris Mamah .
8 After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach .
9 Sadleir then went down to the Red Sea coast at Yenbu , which he reached on 20 September .
10 Her hands flew up in horror then slammed down on the steering wheel .
11 The gunfire outside died down as the Haitians scattered .
12 Ignoring her , he looked through a small pile of paperbacks on the bedside table then settled down with the latest Ken Follett .
13 But the beauty and the loving care with which many a smaller city had been built and adorned in the early days of the Greek cities is a vital element in the history of the Greek city , obscurely pointing to a time , not of peace — for in Greece the lion never lay down with the lamb , and neighbouring cities constantly fought each other — but of more equal prosperity .
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