Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 32 | When they was all out at work on Monday , I could stand it no longer , I pulled down the loft ladder and dragged meself up it , plaster and all . |
| 33 | ‘ As I padded down the passage to the kitchen , I felt that something was wrong . |
| 34 | For the second time that day I scrambled down the slope of the hill towards the sad little car . |
| 35 | So I felt down the bed . |
| 36 | ‘ Bitch , ’ I screamed down the phone at her then , remembering how much they like dogs here , I shouted in English , ‘ Whore ! |
| 37 | Would you mind if I looked down the list ? |
| 38 | Well the working in the pit and the first and the first time I went down the pit er the pit was er John Watson 's number four colliery in Motherwell . |
| 39 | But I went down the bottom of this street , and the man stood there waiting for me . |
| 40 | Anyway erm tt I went down the day before I went into hospital actually for my op , and er |
| 41 | The clock struck one and I went down the lunch in Hall . |
| 42 | Yes , yeah , when I used to yeah , when I come home , we was courting then , I used to , old lady Mrs every Saturday when I went down the Fen , I used to have to go into the bakers and get her two ounces of yeast . |
| 43 | Terry rightly told me I went down the wrong I was looking for names rather than the dots . |
| 44 | Came about half ten , so I do n't know what time I went down the Rave 's , be that time . |
| 45 | I went down the pitch and the ball was there for the shot . |
| 46 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 47 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
| 48 | Day 18 ) Years ago I went down the Canyon with the World 's Greatest Rafter . |
| 49 | When Jean and I went down the toaster was put on . |
| 50 | And this started a stampede amongst the rest of the herd and as I advanced down the field with them all in close pursuit I somehow managed to clear a four stranded barbed wire fence like an Olympic champion . |
| 51 | I flicked down the key . |
| 52 | The wood is alder and the deal is that I scaled down the body a little bit . |
| 53 | ‘ Fire engine , ’ I said down the line , the harsh echo of the warning noise now reverberating in my brain . |
| 54 | I wound down the window of the car and shouted after the woman , ‘ Kilturk ? ’ |
| 55 | I wound down the window and asked him if he knew where the dolmen was . |
| 56 | I wound down the window and butted in . |
| 57 | If anything the sound seemed to become louder as I ran down the deck . |
| 58 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 59 | I swilled down the half-pint of champagne as if it was bitter lemon . |
| 60 | When I wrote down the dream , I realised that I was already ‘ bored stiff with my proposed project , and should choose another topic . |