Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said .
2	‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her .
3	Butchering 's a tasty part of , if I wanted to do anything I 'd take a leaf out of , I would say is that , but I delegate down through the butchers .
4	The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint .
5	She was not particularly hungry , but she went down to the hotel 's dining-room around eight that evening , then returned to her room to spend a fitful night .
6	But she looked down through the glass skylight and recognised in Maggie 's cropped hair and long white body the same contours that she had seen in that other virgin warrior whom she had inspired into battle .
7	To give Perdita confidence in her first chukka , he 'd put her on a dark brown pony called Chimango ( which meant bird of prey ) , who was as steady as a rock , but who swept down on the ball like a hawk .
8	Its criti-cisms could easily be dubbed ‘ elitist ’ ( not in fact a vogue word at that time ) , but they boiled down to the traditional media dilemma about how far people know what they ‘ want ’ until they have been shown choices beyond their existing experience .
9	Particles moved up the beach by the breaking waves do so normal to the direction of approach of the waves , but they roll down in the direction of the steepest beach gradient .
10	In 1889 Schnadhorst 's own candidature in Newcastle under Lyme was approved but he stood down in the following year because of ill health .
11	The horse soared through the foul-smellimg smoke and the General saw a bayonet reach towards the animal 's belly , but he slashed down with the sword , knocking the bayonet aside , and suddenly the horse had landed safely beyond the furniture and was running free of the smoke .

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