Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Giving Hilary a cheeky grin , he asked his mother , ‘ Can I go down to the village ? ’
2 ‘ How in God 's heaven will I get down to the coast in this mess ? ’
3 ‘ Will ye pop down to the cellar , for us ? ’
4 Why do n't you go down to the sea and get a blow before tea ? ’
5 Why do n't you go down to the optician 's and see about it ? ’
6 ‘ Look , why do n't you go down to the bar and have a couple of drinks ? ’
7 ‘ You must ask the Information Ministry to let you go down to the south , so you can see for yourself what the bastards have done to our people , and tell the world about it , ’ he said , ‘ Please , John .
8 Then she asked , ‘ What on earth made you go down to the beach ?
9 ‘ Will you go down to the beach ?
10 ‘ Can you go down to the car and bring up my medical bag ? ’ his question explained the keys .
11 ‘ Will you go down to the town , to the nearest phone box and get on to the station ?
12 As she heard him come back she refrained from looking out of her window , nor did she go down to the corridor outside his room when , a little later , she heard him groaning as he always did in the grip of a nightmare .
13 Well why ca n't you walk down to the Co-op tomorrow when you 're at dancing and get one yourself .
14 ‘ No. ’ 'Then why do n't you come down to the marina at five tomorrow morning .
15 They 'd let them sink down to the bottom and drift there with the long-haired weeds — ;
16 Shall we go down to the brook ? "
17 ‘ Why do n't we go down to the refectory and look at it there ?
18 ’ Why should we go down to the spaceport , then ? ’
19 ‘ Can we nip down to the catering suppliers at lunchtime and get a decent machine ?
20 After they had gone in and resumed their grind in the usual places , Rose came out to him and said gently , ‘ You were terrible , Daddy , to make them go down to the lake . ’
21 The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook .
22 Ajayi was trying to cultivate the seneschal 's acquaintance ( when her sore leg and stiff back let her get down to the basement levels where he was usually to be found ) whereas Quiss had started out trying to intimidate him .
23 Yes it did it run down to the river and we used to have to write to get a permit to camp on there for the week but then there used to be an old , the old foreman of he used to come round every Saturday night , have you got your permit ?
24 If you putt the ball , you can hit it firmly to the top of the bank and simply let it roll down to the hole .
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