Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 2 | Chatterton climbed down to the deck and told me that Robin-Anne had eaten a huge breakfast . |
| 3 | Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes . |
| 4 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |
| 5 | He found him , or was found by him , on the 22nd of June , in the valley of the river Lugg , near Pilleth , where the steep slopes of Bryn Glas hurtled down to the track on one hand , and the flats and meadows of the river hemmed it on the other . |
| 6 | Simon walked down to the stream and across the bridge to his own cottage , waving with his usual cordiality , which was unfailing because it depended on no cordial impulse . |
| 7 | Sharpe spurred down to the crossroads , touched his hat to the old ladies who were staring with alarm at the two horsemen , then he turned to gaze down the long southwards road that led to Charleroi . |
| 8 | The luggage had been collected and Maggie went down to the foyer , ready to leave . |
| 9 | The situation was made worse by the fact that the officers who had originally been blocking Simpson 's Brae moved down to the rear of the march and then , unaware that their colleagues were dispersing the head of the demonstration , were confronted by protesters running towards them . |
| 10 | Patrick walked down to the gate , which the two stewards on duty were just closing behind the Bentley . |
| 11 | They 're nice old people , and I think it would be good for Mrs Richards to come down to the village more , and be part of Santa Barbara . ’ |
| 12 | Owen went down to the souk himself . |
| 13 | ‘ So tell me , Ibrahim , what happened when you and Abu went down to the river ? ’ |
| 14 | He let go Lee 's arm and Lee ran down to the ride . |
| 15 | Sam and Duncan McCrea raced down to the street where Lou Collins had left a CIA car should the listeners in the apartment need transport . |
| 16 | After he had gone Tristram and Jennifer went down to the end of the orchard where they could be out of sight of the house . |
| 17 | " King Darzin hurried down to the lettuce garden and sent for the captain of the guard . |
| 18 | Some nights , me and Sarah went down to the ocean with a few flasks |
| 19 | When Photoplay 's editor Ken Ferguson went down to the set of The Devil 's Brigade , a World War Two adventure filmed in England in 1968 , he and the other reporters were warned not to try and interview the star . |
| 20 | More awkward still , since Laura was not on board , he was obliged to lock up before going to the office , and had to wait on board , with his brief-case and umbrella , determinedly not listening , while Nenna went down to the saloon . |
| 21 | So Lewis drove down to the bottom of South Parks Road , where he was ushered through into the University Parks by a policeman on duty at the entrance to the single-track road which led down to the bathing area . |
| 22 | Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea ’ . |
| 23 | Mina and Kāli dumped their loads and Kāli went down to the stable to fetch some cow-dung . |
| 24 | Aunt Bedelia and I were trying to watch Brookside , but it was an impossible mix , like tripe and onions with Bolognese sauce , so when Otley went down to the pub to see the lads I strolled down to the villa . |
| 25 | ‘ You told me to take the Riverton file down to the vault . |
| 26 | as I say Pam and her husband are going back down to villa erm in June I mean Val wants me and Rudy to go down to the villa , they 're going from July to the end of September this , this year , probably for longer , but erm |
| 27 | Having finished her breakfast , Amaranth walked down to the front and entered the Grand Hotel . |
| 28 | Tess Lemmon went down to the farm , looked a pig in the eye and , in the spirit of the continuing BBC1 series ‘ Lifesense ’ , went away with a new pig perspective . |
| 29 | The giant brick structures were laid during the earliest days of the industrial revolution in Manchester , several decades before London got down to the task of comprehensive sanitation for its citizens . |
| 30 | Nick wandered down to the end of the garden . |