Example sentences of "go down [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dismissed the subject from his mind and decided to go down to the tiny lunchroom he ran for his employees , to get a cup of coffee . |
| 2 | The sister did not like this at all and called the paediatrician , who examined and decided that he ought to go down to the special care baby unit after all . |
| 3 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 4 | But i it depends Terry with everybody 's going down on the urgent work ones which is putting the normal service |
| 5 | Whether time permits or not , a detour should be made along the A.881 from Broadford to its terminus at Elgol , there going down to the colourful beach of pebbles and wild flowers and low cliffs : a beautiful foreground to a classic view , the finest in Britain , of the Black Cuillin across the wide waters of Loch Scavaig , a picture that would defeat a Constable or a Turner . |
| 6 | he just do n't like going down to the deep end |
| 7 | I put going down to the English Centre and using the computer |
| 8 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 9 | From the top you can go down into the old crater via a scree slope which , viewed from the other side , looks impossibly steep ( ’ I 'm never going down there ! ’ ) but is actually quite easy ( the descent is 600ft . ) . |
| 10 | Some of you are still without your costumes so if you could all go down to the municipal tip and see if you can flush out any dustbin lids it would be a great help . ’ |
| 11 | It 's almost equally inevitable that they will go down in the low income bracket . |
| 12 | If not I suggest it should be and , er , therefore if unfortunately the profits of the company did go down in the foreseeable future the salaries of yourself and your directors would be reduced . |
| 13 | Would n't be too bad cos you 'd go down by the Jolly Farmer . |
| 14 | You cool little sod , thought Toby , and reluctantly went down to the front drive . |
| 15 | He was a final-year student there when he went down to the provincial town of Kecskemet to earn some pocket money by delivering lectures . |
| 16 | He passed under the rock where Ellwood was sitting and went down to the narrow spit where he always stood to fish . |
| 17 | Apricot waited until her exams were over and then went down to the Catholic church and hung about until she met Bernard coming out of confession . |
| 18 | They could n't make emergency payments themselves , but if I went down to the social security office … |
| 19 | we , we went and you know park where we normally park and went down to the United chip shop and er we got our chips and stood outside |
| 20 | My master wandered out and I unpacked my belongings , washed , changed and went down to the sumptuous banquet Santerre 's cooks had prepared for us . |
| 21 | He , too , was caught up in the excitement for jazz and with Bobby and other students went down to the Red Barn at Barnehurst , a half-hour run from Charing Cross , to hear George Webb 's Dixielanders , the band that pioneered the New Orleans revival in Britain . |
| 22 | We went down to the white-washed infirmary where I made Benjamin stop at the kitchen for rags soaked in vinegar and herbs . |
| 23 | Gathering himself , he dismissed her and went down to the waiting car . |
| 24 | Confrontation with the United States was followed by the more dramatic confrontations with the French at Moruroa atoll where the goaded French beat up Greenpeace 's skipper , McTaggart , rammed a protest boat and eventually murdered a photographer who went down with the sabotaged Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in July 1985 . |
| 25 | ‘ Matilda is the late King 's daughter , Hugh , and we all took that oath to recognise her as the future queen after her brother went down with the White Ship , ’ protested the Prior . |
| 26 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
| 27 | Furious , Wilson went down into the freezing kitchen , where the well banked-up fire had not quite died down , and poked it vigorously until it began to burn up . |
| 28 | They cleared the thick , wooded hills of Oxford and went down into the open countryside . |
| 29 | But despite the handicap Essex made a terrific fight of it and only went down off the penultimate ball . |
| 30 | The SS Samtampa went down off the Welsh coast in a terrible storm exactly 45 years ago . |