Example sentences of "he [vb past] [vb pp] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I think that it was when he got turned down for the job of a bus conductor . |
2 | and he was let out and first , within twenty four hours he 'd gone down to the South Coast and killed his mother and his girl friend |
3 | Mandarin lost several lengths and — much worse — he had broken down in the tendons of one of his forelegs . |
4 | Not just Giles 's spite-filled revenge , but the expression in Nathan Bryce 's eyes as he had gazed down from the dais . |
5 | He checked , but only momentarily , then he had jumped down onto the track a knife in his hand . |
6 | On the few occasions that he had gone down to The priory with the lad , his parents had treated him as one of the family . |
7 | He had gone down to the stable earlier and seen that it was missing , so he went to look for it . |
8 | He had gone down to the cells to have a look and discovered that the prisoner was his former schoolmate . |
9 | When Margaret finally foundered , some hoped that he had gone down with the ship , but here he was as buoyant as the Vicar of Bray . |
10 | Duroc looked over the reports from the engineers he had sent down into the dry sewers . |
11 | He had got down from the table half-way through tea and was sitting on a chair in the doorway , looking droopy and listless . |
12 | In the twilight of the Great Drought he had come down to the river and filled his wheelbarrow with water until only a Samson could have moved it . |
13 | He had come down to the gallery to join the houseparty , he thought simply to look at a new sculpture , before they all returned to the house for luncheon . |
14 | He had come down to the Club that night with a real purpose , a purpose only half of which had been carried out at the meeting . |
15 | He had come down to the island to make sure all was well while his grandfather was in hospital . |
16 | Than the shops gave place to boarding houses and the hill began ; it was a twin of the one he had come down from the car park . |
17 | Because then Jesus said to him , who was he talking to , let's , let's start off on the verse one after er after he had come down from the mountains , great crowds followed him that 's Jesus is n't it ? |
18 | Peter picked up the exercise book and slipped it into the box he had brought down from the loft . |
19 | He had half turned to walk to his car , which he had left down by the jetty , when we heard the sound of a horn , pressed just once — not to warn us against danger but to attract our attention . |
20 | He had settled down on the settee , watching her every move as she 'd put the kettle on and taken salad and cold meat from the fridge . |
21 | With a veiled smile he had glanced down at the locket . |