Example sentences of "i be down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it .
2 I think I would have to give the biscuit to him because one day I was down at the bankruptcy court and I discovered that he had 130 petitions on the file and I do n't think mine reached 100 !
3 I was down at the library today .
4 Forty-five minutes after agreeing to write this I was down on the bridge at Abingdon watching the sun set across the Thames .
5 When I came back here I was down on the ground , looking for gold , I could n't find it .
6 Susan : ‘ Well , Vera , I was down in the Bank this morning paying my ESB and you know what happened — an old gentleman came in with flowers for a member of the staff — it was lovely to see ’ .
7 ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool .
8 Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’
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