Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sister did not like this at all and called the paediatrician , who examined and decided that he ought to go down to the special care baby unit after all . |
| 2 | I ought to go down to the police station . |
| 3 | They used to go down to the clogger 's shop , which was at the bottom of the road where they lived , and he used to make toast , make a drink , and they used to sit round by the light of a candle , eating toast and drinking . |
| 4 | He used to go down to Cardiff from London for big games , rarely missing an International unless someone like Hamlet intervened . |
| 5 | You see the cage used to go down to that and it used to you see ? the f the four for you to get off you see ? |
| 6 | Erm used to go down to weddings , at the register office on a Saturday morning , and hope that they 'd turn up without witnesses , because then you had to be compensated , , for giving your service . |
| 7 | ‘ We used to go down to the park on Sunday afternoons , taking the children down when they were very young . |
| 8 | At nights he used to go down to the shore and look out across the sea you see and he wondered what was happening back home at Greentoft and fairly homesick . |
| 9 | But he used to go down to Pearson 's house in Beckenham , Kent and spend time with his children , Simon and Patrick . |
| 10 | Then after I got half way along the I used to go down to that was another place where there was two more bungalows , you see , and then come out of there and go away to call on some more houses until I got to Miss the finish of the round . |
| 11 | Yeah , I used to go down to and I used to pass these fish shops , I had to have fish and chips |
| 12 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 13 | You know where you used to go down to that Mall Court |
| 14 | When we were at the flat er I 'm not quite sure , I think the one was a Tuesday and the other was a Sunday , when there was a bus used to go down to Tenby |
| 15 | My old man said he 's erm , he used to go down to er , every , every sort of six months or so , cos they were in he was in charge of fucking then , he 'd used to have to go on manoeuvre 's about sort of six monthly or something like that |
| 16 | Every time I could get away I used to drive down to New York , where I 'm originally from , and go to the Paradise Garage . ’ |
| 17 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
| 18 | To get off my frustration I used to come down to the track and run it out . |
| 19 | He used to come down to school in the afternoon sometimes , to stay a while talking generally , and I found his visits very helpful . |
| 20 | And then at nighttime we used to come down to the , if we , if we did n't go in Baths which was smashing , it was absolutely great , had two piers and a , a diving board , er and a deep end and a , and a shallow end for kids . |
| 21 | In the old days , before the advent of Mr Cook 's steamers , when tourists used to sail down to Luxor by dahabeeyah , the port had been full of the old-fashioned , native sailing craft . |
| 22 | But er it was quite a simple job and er I liked it , then now and again I used to walk down to the station master 's or the station inspector 's office you know , have a chat with him and and get the gen on what was for the weekend working you see . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |