Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am looking down on the world , but it does not stretch away over nebulous distant horizons . |
| 2 | It suggests I 'm falling down on the job . |
| 3 | By the way , your ma will be able to help out at your dairy for a month or two as I 'm cutting down on the number of cows at the manor . |
| 4 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going down to the Customs House . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No , I 'm going down to the pub , ’ he answered and he wiped a tear away from his eye . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going down to the pub , ’ she said ; ‘ I need a drink ’ , and added rather threateningly , ‘ You coming ? ’ |
| 8 | I 'm going down to the shop later , so I 'll make an appointment for you . ’ |
| 9 | " I 'm going down to the beach . " |
| 10 | First I 'm going down to the village to fetch old Bonnie and get her to have a look at that ankle . |
| 11 | I 'm going down to the |
| 12 | Now look here , if you honestly think that I 'm going down to the police station and verifying a story like that then you can think again ! |
| 13 | If I 'm going down to the pub with my mates , I will probably just wear jeans but , again , I 'll wear a nice shirt and smart shoes . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm driving down towards the river , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 16 | I was taken down to the block [ punishment wing ] and they left me there for two days . |
| 17 | Well I tried and then I was let down by the group . |
| 18 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 19 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 20 | I felt like a portly 60 year old man with a beard , and that I was shuffling down to the shops in my espadrilles like he does , with his horrible , ratty little dog . ’ |
| 21 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
| 22 | I was shoved down on the bed , the soldier left and the slattern bustled in with a small manchet loaf and a goblet of wine . |