Example sentences of "be not down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The ski resort as such is not down in the valley at all , would that it were ; rather , it is perched to devastatingly conspicuous effect on the side of a mountain to the west , up to which you can go either by car along a new road or by cable-car from the centre of Saint-Lary .
2 That 's not down to the area .
3 To the courts , to the magistrates , remember that man , the judge , it 's all down to him and the jury , it 's not down to the police .
4 Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had .
5 His father was n't down at the beach to greet him .
6 Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road .
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