Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
2 | And you could bet that the moment he 'd left they 'd sat down in the shade . |
3 | On Nathan 's last morning they 'd driven down to the supermarket together . |
4 | My men called her something else when they started going down with the ‘ clap ’ , but she was long gone by the time they found out . ’ |
5 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
6 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
7 | After they had settled down among the bushes , we used to take these do you see . |
8 | Several times they had to step down from the train and walk along the track to the nearest station ; on this particular evening the passengers were all wanting to get home and any delay was not welcome . |
9 | By the time they had finished , they had slipped down off the seat , half in front of it , half underneath the dashboard . |
10 | But she soon realised that they had come down to the manor only as a duty ( perish the word ! ) and courtesy to her , and regarded the house as a white elephant , being too far away and too cold for weekend breaks . |
11 | They had tunnelled down into the plateau , and they had built upwards as far as their materials and construction abilities would allow . |