Example sentences of "down the [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walking down the Promenade to the Albion Hotel for luncheon , with Samuel striding ahead like Stonewall Jackson , and Gwendolen having found an apparent soul mate in Lord Beddington , Oliver found himself forced to walk next to Angelina . |
| 2 | Graham waited until the two men were seated in the cafeteria before moving down the platform to the freight car . |
| 3 | He slipped down the door-post to the ground . |
| 4 | Turning from the ugly sight of the old woman 's contorted features , she fled the room , running incontinently down the gallery to the stairs , unaware that Hector , barking excitedly , ran out after her . |
| 5 | These run down the valley to the west of the river through Black Hall , Birks and Grassguards farms to Seathwaite village ( 4.5 miles ) . |
| 6 | Write down the answers to the questions listed below . |
| 7 | On the east , an open stream ran down the Steine to the sea , an area where the fishermen dried their nets and the inhabitants dumped their refuse ; it was near the outlet that Russell built his house , now the site of the Albion Hotel . |
| 8 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 9 | Clearly devolving responsibility for delivering the service locally by pushing such responsibility as far down the hierarchy to the point of delivery as is reasonably possible , and by ensuring that the local manager is placed in a hierarchy of managers , all with closely defined job descriptions from top to bottom of the organization |
| 10 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |
| 11 | There was no lack of willing help to carry it down the croft to the cliff edge from where it was carefully lowered to the beach . |
| 12 | If they 're becoming as disabled as you think they are , they wo n't be allowed just to go down the way to the shops will they if the nearest shops are twenty miles down the road ! |
| 13 | His instinct was to lift her up and carry her down the hillside to the village . |
| 14 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 15 | Virginia ran urgently down the hillside to the car . |
| 16 | We all left , going through the kitchen , out across the courtyard and down the trackway to the church . |
| 17 | The voices rose to a piercing shriek , and the crowd of silver helmets went flooding in pursuit , chasing both of them down the dunes to the sea . |
| 18 | Looking down the meadow to the cabin , he saw no sign yet of the other four but the Eel was very close . |
| 19 | Cranston grabbed the head from the horror-struck beggar 's hand , thrust it back into the bag , stepped over the still prostrate maid and , roaring for Maude , dashed down the passage-way to the door . |
| 20 | ‘ As I padded down the passage to the kitchen , I felt that something was wrong . |
| 21 | He roared down the passage to the back-kitchen , where Mary O'Dell hugged him and promised him a slice of fruitcake still warm from the oven , if he was a good boy and ate up all his bread and butter first . |
| 22 | She walked behind him down the passage to the living room and watched , smiling , as her brother and her friend hugged each other . |
| 23 | She slid down the broomstick to the ground . |
| 24 | They say we need more rain because most of the downpour will run down the rivers to the sea . |
| 25 | He broke off and stepped back , for the King had broken free of his friends , and was running alone down the strand to the messenger . |
| 26 | He followed her down the hall to the kitchen at the back of the house . |
| 27 | Yellow and brown linoleum stretched down the hall to the kitchen . |
| 28 | She moved stealthily down the hall to the kitchen , her hearing sharpened by fear as she strained to detect even the slightest movement in the old house . |
| 29 | Maxham 's pale-blue eyes glanced down the hall to the kitchen . |
| 30 | The Doctor let the wall hanging fall back into place , and hurried out , turning down the hall to the bedroom . |