Example sentences of "[noun pl] go down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Times to go down to the pits and the sun came out . |
2 | ‘ We decided to build a balcony with steps going down to the garden , but our builder advised us to think about the year-round advantages of a conservatory , ’ Claudia explained . |
3 | There were some steps going down to the foreshore near a riverside pub . |
4 | The sea wall ended , steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand . |
5 | And there are steps going down from the drawing room , and up from the dining room . |
6 | When the dun evening comes the kids go down to the irrigation channels for some bilharzia bathing . |
7 | On Thursday night — late night shopping — Nails went down to the supermarket in his anorak with the big pockets and lifted six electric plugs , four pairs of scissors and a pair of pillowcases which he sold to a friend of his father 's for three pounds . |
8 | The ponies walked slowly because their feet went down into the snow . |
9 | The guardian asked three climbers going down to the village to inform the police , as he was unable to contact them himself since the refuge radio was broken . |
10 | There were hundreds of ropes going down to the stage below — it was a long , long way down . |
11 | Calling for the " strengthening of ties between the party and the masses " , it made seven demands : ( i ) adherence to the mass line ( i.e. policy making and implementation in line with the interests of the people ) ; ( ii ) officials to go down among the masses ; ( iii ) the strengthening of socialist democracy and the legal system ; ( iv ) fighting official corruption ; ( v ) supervision , internal and from outside ; ( vi ) the need for exemplary behaviour from party members ; and ( vii ) raising political ( Marxist ) awareness . |
12 | She had talked of a sex scene when she was on Wogan , but he assumed it would be something more romantic — a magnolia bud of a tit peeping from beneath bed linen as she held out her arms to her lover and the lights went down at the end of the play . |
13 | From year to year they used the same handrails to go down into the past : lifting the cartwheel at the crossroads , the drilling sessions by the river , the first ambush , marching at night between the safe houses , the different characters in the houses , the food , the girls … |
14 | Back at Templecombe , now over his shock , Mandeville paced around like an angry cat , hurling abuse at Santerre , telling Lady Beatrice to stop screaming and order servants to go down to the village and bring wise women to attend to Southgate . |
15 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
16 | The young Germans went down into the crypt , pulling you after them . |
17 | The two girls went down to the village that morning to secure a piece of board and some paint . |
18 | He bared her breasts ; put his tongue to them as his hands went down to the belt of her skirt , to find that she 'd changed for the trip , and was wearing jeans . |
19 | The three children went down to the station at the right time , dressed in their best clothes , and the Station Master came to meet them . |
20 | As the hands go down to the floor , the right knee is cocked up near the right shoulder . |
21 | but to feel sorry for women and put their view forward because , I mean , you still the situation of a Friday when men go down to the pub and you know they 're all Jack the Lad ! |
22 | Mervyn , I suggest you , Eric and the rest of the men go down to the river . |
23 | On one occasion a team of five men went down into the tunnels for which purpose they had to pass through the line of empty stabled cars . |
24 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
25 | Yesterday a fuse blew and all the screens went down in the middle of the show . |
26 | Their debacle against Essex , when the last eight wickets went down in the final 20 overs to Mark Ilott and John Childs , reflected a temperamental flaw that has repeatedly dogged the county . |
27 | For a second the boat began to turn on its side , then the oars went down into the water and the boat came down the side of the wave . |