Example sentences of "[modal v] go down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do end it should go down to the end . |
| 2 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 3 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 4 | In a constantly shifting scene it must go down as the most important symbolic change imaginable . |
| 5 | We 'll go down to the next floor . |
| 6 | ‘ First , we 'll go down to the kitchen and pack a small picnic , ’ she told him , ‘ then , yes … we 'll make our way to Corporation Park . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll go down to the station and talk to Perks , ’ she thought . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll go down to the village and see if they 've got any newspapers and magazines . ’ |
| 9 | He was sixty-four now , and no doubt tired , but as soon as we had finished tea he said , " We 'll go down to the river and you can try for a salmon . " |
| 10 | And , if you do n't mind , I think I 'll go down to the beach now . ’ |
| 11 | I think what we 'll do is we 'll go down to the courtyard and I can show you more erm how that was done . |
| 12 | I 'll go down to the pool and have a barbecue there . |
| 13 | And he would go away , he would n't say , Come on we 'll go down to the cleaners and tell them , he would go away himself you see . |
| 14 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 15 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 16 | And I 'll go down to the church and park by the church , how about that ? |
| 17 | Seventeen and four it is , you owe me one and threepence halfpenny , and it 'll go down in the book . |
| 18 | We 'll go down in the morning . ’ |
| 19 | She could go down into the town centre and look at the shops , have a cup of coffee somewhere , get back to her mother-in-law by four . |
| 20 | Then we could go down on the line and wave it , ’ said Peter . |
| 21 | They could go down to the Sain Caernarfon League . |
| 22 | Straight home ? she wondered , then decided she 'd go down to the front and see if her dad was there . |
| 23 | I 'd go down to the bottom and try all the locks , come up , go along the next street . |
| 24 | Er we was on the beach , you know sea front , he 'd er gathered some er brands of seaweed for making what they call Irish moss , Caragium And that would give you a good think emulsion , you see then in the , what was the cod season , cod fishing , you 'd go down to the harbour where the er fishing boat came in and where they were cleaning , and you 'd get the boss would have arranged that you get the cod 's livers . |
| 25 | Anyway , I 'd go down to the schoolroom . |
| 26 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 27 | We used to some of us other boys we 'd go down to the banks and the Winter time . |
| 28 | I 'd go down through the choir practice room and St Andrew 's chapel beneath it , make a quick call at the sacristy ( where Holy Harding does his serving ) , then cross the quire to the south side , where , with the help of the Talisman of Shag , I would enter the-spiral stair at ground level , and so — relicless but , hopefully , bearing precious manna for the invalid — to the Sanatorium ( formerly known as the Wheel Room ) and , after that , bed . |
| 29 | Would n't be too bad cos you 'd go down by the Jolly Farmer . |
| 30 | Australian Greg Norman may go down in the record-books as the unluckiest player in the major championships . |