Example sentences of "[noun pl] down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Here we are , ’ gushed the presenter of Gardeners ' World , ‘ we 're in my very favourite corner of the estate now , with its magnificent , sweeping views down to the river.just look at this superb example of Metasequoiaglyptostroboides , or Dawn Redwood to give it its more familiar name , I do n't think I 've ever seen a better specimen anywhere .
2 To the north of the campus are the Residences , beautifully situated with views down to the mouth of the river and the distance Donegal hills .
3 To the north of the campus are the Residences , beautifully situated with views down to the mouth of the river and the distant Donegal hills .
4 Returning to the main road , which is very good , we cross the plateau and pass a small reservoir on the left-hand side with views down to the south side of the island and the sea .
5 In winter it can often provide a pleasant ice-pitch , but in very wet weather the Rollick Stones ridge on the eastern side of the clough is preferable — from where you get fine views down to the cascades .
6 He opened the door of a big airy room with views down to the great river itself .
7 Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs .
8 No you do n't , no see they 've had er mums and tots down at the centre today
9 Sam 's brother , Neddy , incurred his wrath one day as he was driving the birds down towards the guns .
10 These are nervous times down at the Manor Ground .
11 The fighting continued , spreading off the great curve of the ramparts down into the buildings below .
12 It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach .
13 that 's disgraceful that yeah and so that was from erm Street down to the and down the back so it would n't take , did n't take him a couple of minutes down to the mission
14 Fancy ten minutes down by the river , dog ? ’
15 Triumphantly , he slapped a wodge of notes down on the polished mahogany counter , as if anxious to be rid of it , and snatching a 12 bore from the gunsmith , he strode out into the square .
16 So it shoots the notes down into the body better , and the whole instrument resonates .
17 What fun you children had skating on the tennis courts down in the valley , and putting on plays and dances with the Claydons .
18 And erm take them and down two two or three loads down to the station .
19 Tuppe found a pair of knickers down behind the back seat .
20 So you thought gliding was a pleasant way of spending leisure time away from the cares and woes down on the ground .
21 The small smelter and mint was said to have been set up in the heart of the Rusland woods down towards the Leven Estuary , and coins were turned out in large numbers .
22 It was a long distance down the great side of the hill , through the woods down to the estuary .
23 We loved our home in the woods down in the lane .
24 He 'd spend hours down at the Pyramid talking through his emotions on this one .
25 Then Mellor carted his wife and young sons down to the Halls ' home in Upper Beeding , Sussex , for a stage-managed ‘ happy families ’ photo-call .
26 I had absolutely no idea and put Malc 's brief disappearances and inexplicable whispered phone calls down to the fact that he was being unfaithful to his mistress .
27 There was a glimmer of amusement in his dark eyes as he slid his fingers down to the pulse drumming wildly at the base of her throat .
28 and then do your other half of knot , reef knot and tuck it in straight away , you get your pin ready , have it on , either on the table or ready like that , now if you 've got too much material ever you just fold that down , there , if that 's too much , which is n't too much with Denise because it 's the right size sling , sometimes you have to improvise and then you fold if forward and back , firmly , take the pin and put it , put your two fingers down between the casualty so that your fingers are apart and there 's a space between your fingers so you can stick the pin in and out again without any danger , if you put the fingers apart like that , if you do stick the pin in yourself and draw blood would you please throw the pin away , as a matter of automatic hygiene , it must n't be used again once it 's been stuck into somebody
29 Currently bending the air waves on Radio Ulster , and regulars on BBC 's ‘ Talk Back ’ programme , they 've gigged the North and brought houses down at the Edinburgh Fringe .
30 Er and I remember , I remember Street West , when the right hand side of Street west going from Road , every house was empty before the First World War and they gave somebody er somebody who lives in the end one and they were rent free if they keep all the rest clean , and always you see house to let where wherever it was in every street there was houses to let , and the price of the house in Street must be about eight shillings a week in those days , and then if you went up to I mean you 'd get in the twelve and sixpenny bracket and down in , those houses down in the that they were ten and six or something like that er
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