Example sentences of "and [vb base] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " We can go up under Wandsworth Bridge as far as the Fina Oil Depot and then switch off and drift down with the tide . " |
| 32 | I only know that it was remarkable that he could react so swiftly and swoop down round the rabbit 's ears . |
| 33 | But it was the ideal stuff to lay up against the sides of the hole and tramp down into the base , where it soaked up water like a loofah . |
| 34 | So at baptism , the new Christian would be immersed and go down into the river or the immersion font in Burmese skirt and coat , and on emerging from the water be clothed with the three garments of a Burmese monk , only white in colour instead of saffron , this signing acceptance as a mature member of the religious community and the cleansing from sin . |
| 35 | They would put on their old trousers and wellingtons , and go down to the allotment , to the damp-smelling shed where her father kept his gardening things . |
| 36 | Look , take this sovereign and go down to the station . |
| 37 | In the flat below , a teenage couple quarrelled about whether it was safe to leave the baby and go down to the pub . |
| 38 | There was a pause , then he said , ‘ Well now , would you be very kind and go down to the cabin and fetch me a bottle of wine , Jim ? |
| 39 | How could anyone know that Wetherby was going to get hungry and go down to the kitchen for some cheese ? |
| 40 | Tommy , you put on your coat and go down to the police box and they 'll know what to do . ’ |
| 41 | He drove about in a horse and cart and one of his tricks was to whip the horse up into a canter and crouch down behind the seat so people would think it had bolted . |
| 42 | So , get yourself a crate of Dorksteiner lager , a gross of king size Rizlas , and settle down with the Rottweiler for an hour and a half of sub-MTV titillating trivia . |
| 43 | So , get yourself a crate of Dorksteiner lager , a gross of king size Rizlas , and settle down with the Rottweiler for an hour and a half of sub-MTV titillating trivia . |
| 44 | These are almost always the same men , the ones who own the guns and the best-trained dogs , whose families have been hunters for years , passing their knowledge and experience down through the generations until it 's almost in the blood . |
| 45 | Trent counted the seconds as he watched a dead branch clear the bridge and float down towards the craft . |
| 46 | I sit there going ‘ Mmm' ’ and ‘ Mmm ? '' at appropriate moments and greedily noting your every twitch and shudder down by the pool . |