Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat , so they break down at the big bang singularity , where the curvature of space-time is infinite . |
| 2 | They could not open the door , so they climbed down from the roof and got in through the window . |
| 3 | It would be seven and sixpence for the consultation if they went down to the surgery . |
| 4 | Mr Patten promises that the Government will ‘ allow ( sic ) the public to take local authorities to court if they fall down on the job of keeping the streets clean . |
| 5 | Those who win money on the horses at Kirkby Lonsdale races in Cumbria can quickly sober up if they wander down from the racecourse to see how their rates have been spent on the adjacent reaches of the river Lune , where the recently cemented banks are dramatically caving in , and attempts at bank protection appear to have made matters worse . |
| 6 | They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork . |
| 7 | Chimps make new nests every night , and to keep track of them , you have to be there before they rise , and keep up with them until they settle down for the night . |
| 8 | before they got down to the autographs . |
| 9 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 10 | George MacDonald saw the people from Strathnaver arriving at the sea : ‘ When they came down from the Strath to the sea-shore they suffered very much from want of houses . |
| 11 | Thousands of imported sheep had left their devastating mark and the latest ‘ crop ’ , the deer , finished off any saplings the sheep might have missed when they came down from the high tops in the winter . |
| 12 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |
| 13 | but when they crawl down in the hall they they 're no bigger than |
| 14 | They stripped in silence and he took her hand as they walked down to the water 's edge . |
| 15 | Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’ |
| 16 | At that moment ‘ a white light shone forth like a sword ’ from Gandalf , as many people see ‘ the light that shone ’ round Éowyn and Faramir as they come down to the Houses of Healing . |
| 17 | As long as they come down in the next twenty minutes ! |
| 18 | They were still laughing as they stepped down into the hold . |
| 19 | And she thought of him relaxed , as he had been on the beach , his incredible body beside hers as they ran down to the sea , his face laughing and his hair untidy … |
| 20 | The man on the rod would be unable to reel in fast enough as they ran down on the Zodiac . |
| 21 | As they went down into the cellar bar they were given a loud hello ! by Mary Mauchline , one of their party . |
| 22 | ‘ A good man , that , ’ he said , guiltily , to Catherine as they went down in the lift . |
| 23 | He was waiting for them with his barge by the first footbridge over the canal as they came down from the moor . |
| 24 | The rain softened the surface and showed the imprint of their short stay as they swooped down to the mirage of what had been their habitat . |
| 25 | The horse pounded surefooted along the tunnels , leaping sudden slides of rubble and adroitly sidestepping huge stones as they thundered down from the straining roof . |
| 26 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |
| 27 | After all , there would be plenty of time , as they settled down in the warren , to show these strangers that they were as good as themselves , without risking trouble by putting on airs at the start . |
| 28 | Yanto asked , as they climbed down into the half empty hold of the ‘ Marit ’ . |
| 29 | Kelly looked straight ahead as they cantered down to the start of the gallop . |