Example sentences of "[noun] went down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trading vessels went down the canal every week to Grimsby and Hull and every month to London . |
| 2 | Ruth went down the stone stairs that curved to the ground floor and followed the archways that led to an inner courtyard that might have been uncomfortably hot but was tempered by a cool fountain that arced water over a frolicking marble dolphin and child below . |
| 3 | The crawl went down the Strand , past St James 's , Belgravia and Mayfair , calling at the embassies of Australia , Canada , India , Bolivia , Peru , Columbia , Ecuador , Mexico , Myanmar , the USA and Brazil . |
| 4 | A large proportion of balls went down the leg side , which was not the ideal means of curtailing the driving of Boon , Briers and Whitaker . |
| 5 | The ball went down the Leeds left wing and was turned onto Deanes outstretching head . |
| 6 | ‘ Barmen all over the world acquired a fair percentage of my money , ’ Jimmy regrets ‘ And the rest went down the plughole with various business ventures . ’ |
| 7 | My wife went down the fellside to a cottage and the lady kindly called 999 for help . |
| 8 | The pop star 's revenge , FEARGAL SHARKEY , formerly wobbly-voiced member of THE UNDERTONES who sought the kicks of teenagers , and wobbly-voiced failed solo star who advised listening to dad ( wonder why his career went down the toilet ) , has swapped allegiances and is now A&R man at Polydor . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , I dropped the paintbrush , which of course went down the loo . |
| 10 | That 's why so many of our sons went down the mine — to stop the family becoming homeless . |
| 11 | A BR spokeswoman said : ‘ The gang went down the train smashing windows and light bulbs and scaring the passengers . |
| 12 | By the time the eighth wicket went down the lead was already 264 , so perhaps it was unkind of Baptiste and Holding to hammer 150 in 113 minutes for West Indies ' ninth wicket record against England . |
| 13 | Television newsgirl Alison Holloway went down the aisle with Davidson in 1987 but split with him 18 months later because of his womanising . |
| 14 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 15 | Well er my mother went down the yard , I wo n't tell you about the other , sister . |
| 16 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |
| 17 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |