Example sentences of "go down to the [adj] [noun] " 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 | Jennifer remembered Tristram 's face grinning through the wall , and the firm warm clasp of his hand as he reached through to her ; she remembered a night when the moonlight was like mercury on the trees — and she remembered her own sudden cry of love and joy , which Mrs Prynn had thought was the deadly shriek of a mandrake and which had caused her to go down to the lower scullery to see if Jennifer was safe . |
| 3 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 | Before going down to the northern ramparts where the brunt of the attack was expected to fall , he took a last look round the room and saw Hari 's phrenology book lying on the floor . |
| 8 | Beyond the car park , the road contours the hillside , two branches going down to the coastal dwellings of Inver Alligin , and then turns sharply uphill to force a narrow passage across a bare and rocky headland on the last stage of its journey . |
| 9 | I put going down to the English Centre and using the computer |
| 10 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 11 | Going down to the next layer , each of these moves consists of specified acts , as in Figure 6 . |
| 12 | They could go down to the Sain Caernarfon League . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 15 | We 'll go down to the next floor . |
| 16 | You cool little sod , thought Toby , and reluctantly went down to the front drive . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When Ruth went down to the lower deck it was a hive of activity , with the strangest thing she had so far seen taking place . |
| 19 | He passed under the rock where Ellwood was sitting and went down to the narrow spit where he always stood to fish . |
| 20 | When they 'd putted out he went down to the 7th tee . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They could n't make emergency payments themselves , but if I went down to the social security office … |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We went down to the white-washed infirmary where I made Benjamin stop at the kitchen for rags soaked in vinegar and herbs . |
| 27 | Gathering himself , he dismissed her and went down to the waiting car . |
| 28 | She went down to the next floor and called Rosa Kenny . |
| 29 | ‘ I only realised he was any good when he was 13 and went down to the English schools Under-14 championships at Queens one Monday . |
| 30 | Wires from this tag strip then go down to the main p.c.b . |