Example sentences of "[noun prp] went down [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Wayne Biggins went down in the box .
2 Toby went down to the door and returned , followed by Sikes .
3 So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery .
4 When Ruth went down to the lower deck it was a hive of activity , with the strangest thing she had so far seen taking place .
5 The luggage had been collected and Maggie went down to the foyer , ready to leave .
6 ‘ Brian Williams went down on the ball once and had his head blatantly stamped on and he has a bad cut , ’ he added .
7 The hero Theseus went down into the underworld to support his friend Pirithous in an attempt to carry off Proserpine , Queen of Hades .
8 Furious , Wilson went down into the freezing kitchen , where the well banked-up fire had not quite died down , and poked it vigorously until it began to burn up .
9 Owen went down to the souk himself .
10 Owen went down into the courtyard .
11 Kalchu went down to the stable and selected a he-goat .
12 ‘ So tell me , Ibrahim , what happened when you and Abu went down to the river ? ’
13 After he had gone Tristram and Jennifer went down to the end of the orchard where they could be out of sight of the house .
14 Some nights , me and Sarah went down to the ocean with a few flasks
15 Brownlow went down in the lift , found his car in the side street and got in .
16 When Photoplay 's editor Ken Ferguson went down to the set of The Devil 's Brigade , a World War Two adventure filmed in England in 1968 , he and the other reporters were warned not to try and interview the star .
17 More awkward still , since Laura was not on board , he was obliged to lock up before going to the office , and had to wait on board , with his brief-case and umbrella , determinedly not listening , while Nenna went down to the saloon .
18 Mina and Kāli dumped their loads and Kāli went down to the stable to fetch some cow-dung .
19 Aunt Bedelia and I were trying to watch Brookside , but it was an impossible mix , like tripe and onions with Bolognese sauce , so when Otley went down to the pub to see the lads I strolled down to the villa .
20 Jenny 's daddy did n't know how to thank her enough , either , when he came up — especially when he and Miss Clinton went down to the Brownies ' Bridge and saw the swollen river and realised how very brave Jenny had been to cross it .
21 Tess Lemmon went down to the farm , looked a pig in the eye and , in the spirit of the continuing BBC1 series ‘ Lifesense ’ , went away with a new pig perspective .
22 The SS Samtampa went down off the Welsh coast in a terrible storm exactly 45 years ago .
23 Clytemnestra went down to the water and drank greedily .
24 Kilkenny could have been beaten in the Leinster championship but for a controversial penalty , awarded after John Power went down in the square .
25 Sometime before the guests were due to arrive , Mark went down to the cellar to bring up the wine .
26 Kilmarnock went down by the only goal of the game at Dumbarton , where several hundred fans were evacuated from the main stand just minutes before the game was due to start .
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