Example sentences of "[noun sg] go down to [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Brother , ’ he whispered , ‘ we have the Regent 's permission to go down to the Springall house now , to examine and take anything we wish .
2 Or what we could do , well , what I mean is , maybe would n't do any harm going down to the pub tonight to see if the others are there , only a quick drink mind , we ca n't be sure what they 're like yet — ’
3 Gazza 's former Spurs team-mate Gary Lineker turned his talents to cricket yesterday and made 103 for Cross Arrows at Lord 's , but his side went down to the Stock Exchange by five wickets
4 Gloria and Dot went down to the Town Hall once a fortnight to collect Dot 's vitamin ration .
5 Could that be when Wetherby left his room to go down to the kitchen ? ’
6 Almost without being aware of it I 'd progressed from the hesitancy of my first few days there to a strong positive desire to go down to the starting gate : any starting gate , anywhere .
7 Recriminations over the sound and an equivocal audience response ( some pogoed , most stared blankly on as a repeat offender dove on to dance to ‘ Motown Junk ’ ) sees the set and with the bass ricocheting off the backdrop , the drum kit going down to a repeated kicking and singer James making messy love to his gorgeous white Gibson .
8 What with the doctor going straight out and the deceased going down to the kitchen to thank both staff for a very good meal there was n't time — even if she took it herself , which is unlikely from all I hear . ’
9 Earlier , Nottingham Forest went down to a Fritz Walter penalty in the third placed play-off against Stuttgart .
10 It 's in reasonable repair up to that point , but then it forks , one fork joining the Taverna road again , a short stretch that 's in good shape , and the other going down to the city .
11 Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort .
12 They have been doubled by Oldham , been beaten by Sheffield United and last night went down to a Middlesbrough side which had lost its previous six matches .
13 On the evening of a masked ball in the palace she came visiting with Bothwell and other lords , and while she chatted to her husband they — with or without her knowledge went down to the cellar to prepare the gunpowder stored there .
14 She slipped her hand through the crook of his arm once they emerged into the foyer and they walked in silence to the lift to go down to the basement car park .
15 Yeah , I saw , I passed him this morning going down to the garage with some wood
16 I made a fuss about being first in the queue going down to the car-decks .
17 ‘ Did Master Ruthven go down to the kitchen or buttery or ask for any victuals to be sent up ? ’ asked Catesby .
18 If Aisgill is the destination the track is followed down below the bridge alongside the gorge to arrive at Hellgill Farm , from where an access road goes down to the B6259 at Aisgill Moor Cottages , passing the fine waterfall of Hellgill Force .
19 The prime minister 's secretary went down to the diocese to consult the leading churchmen .
20 From Gearstones an undisputed path goes down to a footbridge over the stream , here known as Gayle Beck .
21 There 's a garden going down to a stream .
22 And I told you about the garden going down to the river , did n't I ? ’
23 The au-pair maid went down to the basement and again started plotting with her friend how soon they would have enough money for the fare home to Zurich .
24 But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese .
25 In the event the starting line-up went down to the wire .
26 He had braved the bitter weather to go down to the bookshops on the Charing Cross Road not just for the chance to get some books — he could have bought them any time — but principally to meet Joseph Hyde and hear the latest news from Dublin .
27 For Labour supporters , 1931 was the election when the party went down to a cataclysmic and catastrophic defeat , betrayed by MacDonald and deserted by its working class supporters …
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