Example sentences of "from down " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there were other interesting visitors from down the strath — Cameron the builder , who came late , and sat in a pew near the back beside Donald Stewart , the blacksmith from Grandtully . |
| 2 | By now they were in among thickening crowds of people , nodding to acquaintances and looking out for their own key men from down the valley . |
| 3 | ‘ ere , ’ Bella dragged out her purse from down the side of the wheelchair . |
| 4 | A ship 's siren moaned from down river . |
| 5 | Chris Novoselic ambled up to say ‘ hi ’ and bemoan a chronic hangover — the inevitable punishment for a late-night sesh with support band Teenage Fanclub — and Dave Grohl soon emerged from down the rampway that led to the sun-baked arena , all smiles as ever . |
| 6 | If there 's a full moon , though , watch out for that hairy kid from down the road . |
| 7 | ‘ Miss , it 's a bloke from down the street , ’ called Linda , determined not to leave the living-room while the fly Archie Cousins was still there . |
| 8 | This time it 's the lady from down the road , asking you to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields . |
| 9 | And your your roller , that would all be shipped from down South as well was it ? |
| 10 | She was about to return to her own chamber to put her clothes away again when an urgent hiss came at her from down the gallery . |
| 11 | With her enchanting grin , which had , sadly , not been much in evidence of late , she added , ‘ I expect Sheila from down the road had been in with her ‘ Mr Sheen ’ … ’ |
| 12 | But eventually I 'll be able to go to anyone I like if he 's cheaper I 'll have to get Dai Jones the carpenter from down the road instead . ’ |
| 13 | Well that 's the question I 've been asking in committees er because I 'm I brought this up when they did nicely when they took all the trees away from down er Long Row on the High Street . |
| 14 | There 's usually a old salmon coble they 'd pick up from down the coast somewhere . |
| 15 | One of the cheeky monkeys from down the road called after him ’ — she pointed at Charlie — ‘ the other day , ‘ Give us a tune on your ukulele , mister . ’ |
| 16 | The hotel was coming to life : in the next room a woman was scolding a child ; there were sounds of pots and pans being shifted about in the kitchen ; eventually , from down the corridor , came a rattling of cups and saucers . |
| 17 | Well I 'm sure that soil does have some effect on potatoes Stefan , I mean if you get erm potatoes from down Lincolnshire , somewhere like that where it 's er quite hard soil then , then you 'll find that they will stay longer in the water before they boil away . |
| 18 | much more than you know some from down south |
| 19 | Linium Got it from down the chemist . |
| 20 | On the right hand side , you come out and on to the patio , you could get them from down the garden there . |
| 21 | Betty , who 's from down our . |
| 22 | we were lucky to get this because chap er wanted to get out into a house really and he had one offer er from down south and they 'd put in and looked and they er and they sort of bo had n't followed it up , so |
| 23 | from down the bottom . |
| 24 | And no I did n't er stay around to find out who was calling him , suffice to say that it was er somebody from the Italian pizzeria from down the road . |
| 25 | She 's erm but she 's from down that way |