Example sentences of "down [prep] the [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
| 2 | And the prince goes down through the wood to another exit |
| 3 | I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’ |
| 4 | Hess suggested that this took place along the deep ocean trenches , such as the Chile-Peru Trench , which runs parallel to the west coast of South America , and that the relatively ‘ cold ’ oceanic crust dived down beneath the continents in these zones , descending deep into the mantle to complete the convective cycle . |
| 5 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
| 6 | so I take it he must of gone down with the flu after that then |
| 7 | The idea was that the police would wait until they had incontrovertible evidence before moving in for the arrest , but Branson and Draper had barely sat down with the Clarkes before some forty policemen swarmed through the door , knocking over tables and chairs and arresting the two brothers . |
| 8 | Or take the many references to God as a being who looks down upon the world from some sort of celestial vantage point . |
| 9 | Then fear overcame curiosity and he scrambled down from the tree with such haste that he skinned his knees and gouged a long deep gash along the inside of his forearm . |
| 10 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 11 | In general , however , the President stood aloof , refusing as he put it " to get down in the gutter with that guy " . |
| 12 | The ski resort as such is not down in the valley at all , would that it were ; rather , it is perched to devastatingly conspicuous effect on the side of a mountain to the west , up to which you can go either by car along a new road or by cable-car from the centre of Saint-Lary . |
| 13 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
| 14 | But one thing is very clear , that Councillor will go down in the history of this city as one of it 's most outstanding sons , who endeared himself to people in all walks of life . |
| 15 | But if BBC top brass are overtly supporting their director general then there was is the same viewpoint from lower down in the BBC from those concerned over their jobs and those with scores to settle . |
| 16 | Those Departments and projects considering purchase of display screen equipment should note that , as from 1st January 1993 , the workstation environment ( including furniture , lighting , layout etc. ) must fully meet the standards laid down in the Directive before any new workstation is installed , and that the workstation environment costs should be added to the costs of any hardware being considered . |
| 17 | It is less evident that such a strategy would appeal to the daughter of a tradesman , who might after all be able to serve in her father 's shop , or to the daughter of a white-collar worker , to whom the printing trade might appear to be a step down in the world in some respects : inky and dirty , even if requiring literacy . |
| 18 | We ca n't have you down in the dumps like this . |
| 19 | You can buy those things that you push down on the top like that , and you |
| 20 | First there 's a run down on the basics of all terrain driving . |
| 21 | Father Pedro de Valderrama , the Trinidad 's padre , stood on the poop deck and called down on the crew of all three remaining vessels the blessing of Our Lady of Victory . |
| 22 | He brought his talons and beak down on the bars with such force that the very Cages themselves shook with the power of it . |
| 23 | There 's that side of things , and I hope that that is changing , alas again too slowly erm I think the Taylor report , which firmly came down on the side of more lay control of schools by parents and members of the community , put up and unanswerable case . |
| 24 | Just before half-time City came back with a goal from Ian Baird it was well made and well taken … food for thought for the United defence and of course Smith who started off in the directors box but was down on the touchline after this incident in which David Penney charged into Junior Bent … |
| 25 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 26 | As Glumdalclitch was ill , I asked a young servant to take me down to the beach for some fresh air . |
| 27 | If I 'd have thought that Mrs Carrow would take it on herself to go down to the beach with little Celia that morning when one of my younger brothers came for me because my mum was ill , well I 'd never have gone , however much I was needed at home . |
| 28 | At to page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen my Lord |
| 29 | and my Lord er the appeal to the court of appeal er which is at erm tab five was exclusively on the issue of whether Lord Justice and the divisional court were correct in the ruling they have docted for the interim , er and the court of appeal judgement , the main judgement is given by Lord Justice er reviewed with and the erm the heart of Lord Justice judgement on this issue is to be found at page nineteen my Lord of the transcript passage that begins my reading of this judgment down to the bottom of that paragraph at letter G , so from B to G on page nineteen . |
| 30 | I was practically up at the top as well , I was really pissed off , just sitting there for like , for two hours , whilst my dad went all the way down to the bottom of this thing . |