Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 2 | I tried to climb down to the nest once . |
| 3 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 4 | ‘ I like to go down to the Albert Dock but I ca n't manage it very well without the scooter . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I like to get down to the sea and talk to the waves , ’ one housewife said to another , on the bus . |
| 6 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |
| 7 | The parade I had to lead down from the station to the beat was much longer on nights . |
| 8 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 9 | I hoped to go down to the desert at Zagora . |
| 10 | Oh yeah , erm can I erm use a pen I need to write down on the log , on the log. shit it you wan na know , I give you it . |
| 11 | On occasion there is n't sufficient water available from the stream or the rainwater tub , and I have to go down to the reservoir , which I call the Mississippi , to rinse the washing . |
| 12 | We 'll need another two or three days here , but I have to go down to the mortuary with the body . |
| 13 | The moon threatens to come out from behind the clouds again and I have to jump down to the paving stones of the patio beneath . |
| 14 | When we finally spill outside , Rachel says she wants to go down to the beach again . |
| 15 | ‘ Would you like to go down to the kitchen now , Tobermory , ’ asked Lady Blemley politely , ‘ and see if the cook has got your dinner ready ? ’ |
| 16 | At the end of the day it is good to be able to think that as you step back to look at the work — especially if you remember to get down from the ladder first . |
| 17 | you know to step down into the kitchen . |
| 18 | She offered to come down for the weekend to help , and Carolyn wanted her badly enough to hesitate before putting her off . |
| 19 | What are you hoping to get down on the list this month ? |
| 20 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 21 | She had to sit down on the ground . |
| 22 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 23 | She had to chow down with the others in the common-room now she was mobile . |
| 24 | So you 're doing exactly what we were telling you to do a few weeks ago , that you had to er take money out of reserves or you had to cut down on the level of services if you were to avoid putting that thirty four pounds on the council tax bills this year . |
| 25 | He was regarding her with unnerving concentration , until she felt she wanted to duck down under the water , fearing her swimsuit was see-through or something … |
| 26 | I tell ya , so I think we got out , we got our hair done and she wanted to go down to the mission so the hairdresser phoned a different taxi , we have this one up here , he took her down from there to the mission , cos he went down the back ways , you know , |
| 27 | You need to sit down with the practice manager or whomever and say right now you 've listed all these , why , what 's peculiar about what 's particular and peculiar about these that you should say that this is a good opportunity . |
| 28 | You need to set down at the start what you expect to achieve . |
| 29 | Then we had to ski down to the next lot of lifts which went even higher and when we had mastered that we got on a chairlift which took us right to the top . |
| 30 | However , when used in poorer conditions , particularly thawing ice , some climbers feel they tend to cut down through the ice and give poor support . |