Example sentences of "take it down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In the evenings , when Kāli brought the cows home , we 'd take it down to the stable to its mother and she would stretch out her nose to it and blow , and the breath would come out as steam in the cold , evening air . |
2 | Why not take it down to the firm 's office and let the experts see it for themselves ? |
3 | ‘ Tomorrow we will take it down to the village church . ’ |
4 | ‘ Then tomorrow , you can take it down to the oven and tell them to put it at the bottom , so it -cooks really slowly , to keep it moist . ’ |
5 | Alexi Sayle says it will be a chance to ride your bike properly instead of taking it down to the chinese takeaway … |
6 | Artemis reached up and took it down off the shelf . |
7 | The next day , Bobbie put Peter 's engine in a box and took it down to the railway . |
8 | I said there was to be a sale , but I would ask the solicitor ; and afterwards , when he came to take the barometer away , he took it down from the wall very , very gently . |
9 | I took it down from the shelf in my locker and went out of doors . |
10 | And these take it down off the counter and do it like this , and I 'm getting more strength in my hands , now , because I 'm using them to do more . |
11 | It was funny in my day , when I first started there you used to get , mix up some size and er in a pot , in a proper pot and take it down into the mess room and put it on the stove , coal stove , heat it up and you let it boil over there was a terrific smell about the place you can imagine , the size but that 's what we used to do in those days . |
12 | Take it down to the bone , to as few words as possible . |
13 | One was milking , and Peggy and I used very often be fetching the wood , we got tractor and trailer into the woods , and the old woodmen used to tell us where the dry wood was we could collect , take it down to the farm , circular saw in the shed , switch the electricity to go on . |
14 | One cold , windy day Marion nerved herself to take it down to the clachan to barter for food and wool , and found herself still ignored . |