Example sentences of "[pron] went down the " in BNC.

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1 Day 18 ) Years ago I went down the Canyon with the World 's Greatest Rafter .
2 I went down the Kentucky in the High Street the other day , I had just come out , I was just standing there , when these black kids come up and start jostling me and then they nicks my chicken and chips .
3 But I went down the bottom of this street , and the man stood there waiting for me .
4 So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship .
5 And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own .
6 Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other .
7 Well the working in the pit and the first and the first time I went down the pit er the pit was er John Watson 's number four colliery in Motherwell .
8 I got up , washed , dressed , and Benjamin and I went down the great sweeping wooden staircase .
9 There was a lot of undergrowth to be cleared so Stephen and I went down the following Saturday ( 17/10/92 ) to cut down and burn the weeds .
10 The clock struck one and I went down the lunch in Hall .
11 I went down the pitch and the ball was there for the shot .
12 He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’
13 Yes , yeah , when I used to yeah , when I come home , we was courting then , I used to , old lady Mrs every Saturday when I went down the Fen , I used to have to go into the bakers and get her two ounces of yeast .
14 Well I slightly lost myself because I went down the M eleven
15 I went down the wrong route with the referrals and
16 I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ?
17 Anyway erm tt I went down the day before I went into hospital actually for my op , and er
18 Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses
19 Came about half ten , so I do n't know what time I went down the Rave 's , be that time .
20 When Jean and I went down the toaster was put on .
21 Terry rightly told me I went down the wrong I was looking for names rather than the dots .
22 She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together .
23 The dungeons of the Louvre Palace were the antechambers of hell though very few of those who went down the dark stony steps ever emerged to recount their experiences .
24 Your mum guessed it was Bristol , she went down the list of codes in the telephone book . ’
25 Then she went down the branch line to Port Penrhyn .
26 " She went down the cliff because he was on the job with che other woman .
27 She went down the cliff when a gust of wind came . "
28 ‘ It 's none of my business , ’ she replied , gripping the solid wood grab-rails as she went down the five steps with their non-slip treads .
29 She went down the garden with a buoyant step between the neatly trimmed shrubs her uncle had so lovingly planted , past the magnolia , black and wet and knobbly , and through the rose garden the Talbots had laid out together in the manner of an Elizabethan one , formally-shaped beds edged with fat hedges of box .
30 She went down the passage at a pace that would have left any wounded snails simply nowhere , and tapped at his sitting-room door .
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