Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] [verb] down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember when I was a coach at Wimbledon — in the Southern League then — and Middlesbrough came down to Plough Lane for an FA Cup-tie . |
| 2 | After dinner , the sun shone and Jim cycled down to Uncle Albert 's cottage , situated near the railway line , but the old man was not in . |
| 3 | Still laughing , she set off , and Sophie settled down to morning surgery . |
| 4 | Everyone began to tell her that the shortest day had been passed and Fred sat down beside Anne . |
| 5 | Balanchine , Kirstein and Tanning went down to Bournemouth at the end of June to watch a run-through by the company , which was on tour . |
| 6 | Jack and Jill went up the hill , yes , and Jack fell down with Jill tumbling after also ; But it was in no manner a simple fall . |
| 7 | Fairfax and Claudia sit down on camp chairs . |
| 8 | Morrissey and Marr looked down like father figures . |
| 9 | The Danzig Party leapt into the political struggles of the Volkstag with renewed energy and Forster settled down with confidence to work at his leisure the rich vein of economic discontent that ran right through every strata of Free City society . |
| 10 | ‘ Sergeant Smith and Detective Constables Dixon and Fowler came down with Mr Scales , sir . ’ |
| 11 | The smile was gone again , and Rohmer glowered down at Gilbert . |
| 12 | Three or four dirty children arrived for tea ; she and Rose were the only clean persons in the kitchen — for so Sally-Anne supposed the room — and while Ma , Rose and Sally-Anne sat down at table the children all stood , and wolfed the food down mannerlessly , fighting among themselves while they did so . |
| 13 | After tea Sarah and Anne and John went into the parlour to play records and John sat down beside Anne and began to talk about his job . |
| 14 | — But Sheila moved down to London with Bob and she got a job no bother . |