Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When we eventually reached the Taj , I bent down to examine the inlay on the tombs more closely .
2 I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert .
3 So I went down to see the secretary who I found out was in the flying horse and er told him who I was , Ooh yes , ooh yes , you 're playing this afternoon , are n't you ?
4 I went down to unlock the door , and we came upstairs very quietly .
5 She bent down to put the bottle back in her case , then stood erect .
6 So the path must be abandoned here while you strike down to cross the Allt a' Mhuilinn and start a relentless slog to attain the ridge of Carn Mor Dearg .
7 You go down to cross the tarmac road and return to your start point along the side of the Afon Llugwy , passing through the gorge with a view of the lovely Swallow Falls .
8 She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling .
9 We came down to wash the caravan
10 With baits cast into the new areas we settled down to review the week 's action over a coffee .
11 Eventually it became too much , and one afternoon we looked down to see the bowwab moving out .
12 The cameraman is recording a ‘ cut on action ’ which is centred on the little girl 's hand as it reaches down to pat the goat .
13 The landing was bumpy and they skipped over a small iceberg at the end of the runway where it sloped down to meet the fiord .
14 Then he sat down to watch the video of a film recorded while he was away at the funeral .
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