Example sentences of "[was/were] down at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear , they were down at the Paradise the other night … looks serious . ’ |
| 2 | In one of her favourites , she and Simon were down at the Lock , picnicking on one of the half-buried concrete blocks . |
| 3 | We were down at the main road . |
| 4 | ‘ Southampton were down at the bottom , but they rolled up their sleeves , put a run together and that 's what we now have to do . |
| 5 | Attendances were down at the North West Rally in Cheadle but it was an excellent day , and everyone enjoyed Jean Parmiter 's teacher . |
| 6 | But five minutes into the film he was as possessed as when he was down at the football stadium watching a match . |
| 7 | ‘ There was a bar in town , it was down at the end of the main street , right where the buildings ended and the scrub began . |
| 8 | She was down at the scene of the picket . |
| 9 | On the way home she made a detour to pick wild flowers for her mother , who was down at the harbour gutting pilchards and would be late back . |
| 10 | Since then , he had returned only when his father was down at the harbour overseeing the refitting of the Russell , staying out all night and sleeping rough , and for the last three days she had not seen him at all . |
| 11 | and all our shopping was down at the Old Town , you had to go down this lane to the Old Town if you wanted a stamp |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it . |
| 14 | Nicol had betaken himself to his due place among the servants , and Tutilo , silent and self-effacing among such distinguished company , was down at the end among the clerks and chaplains , and wary of opening his mouth even there . |
| 15 | We heard he was down at the station this morning . |
| 16 | Sarah was down at the nick this morning . ’ |
| 17 | Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school |
| 18 | The blind was down at the window . |
| 19 | I mean , you know , when I was student at L S E , you know , the front of the , of the demonstration was down at the Law Courts , the back was still in , at , at er , Oxford Street , or something , you know . |
| 20 | For seven or eight years he was down at the ground every day . |
| 21 | That was down at the the little wooden . |
| 22 | So who was down at the bus on her own ? |
| 23 | It was down at the harbour in Belfast . |
| 24 | I was down at the library today . |