Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] down [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , with another climber , he tried to climb down to Camp 3 , but his snow blindness forced them both to turn back . |
| 2 | The life-size image of the old man seemed to look down at Li Shai Tung , its dark eyes magnificent , its whole form filled with power . |
| 3 | But it was the coming night that seemed to press down on Ruth ; there was a strange fear in her that the sun , if it sank this evening , might never rise again . |
| 4 | He repudiated the oath by which he had restored to the Holy See the ecclesiastical rights and privileges enjoyed by the emperors and the kings of Sicily and within a few months of his coronation he began to progress down into Italy . |
| 5 | She never managed to meet up with Vivienne and , as there did n't seem to be much happening at Dingwalls , we decided to drive down to Brighton , all of us crammed into the back of the Mini van . |
| 6 | After some months I decided to go down to Lisbon in Portugal . |
| 7 | He decided to move down to Stobs to attempt recordings on the other side of Whitrope summit on the climb from Hawick . |
| 8 | He somehow managed to pound down to Kouklia on Chennaa , half by night and half by blazing day , and crossing the island was able to see for himself that it had been a more settled and prosperous year . |
| 9 | Either he had to go up to the Broken Hill Ironworks at Newcastle or she had to go down to Canberra to see some official about tariffs or quotas or immigration levels . |
| 10 | and er anyway he got home about half past three so we had to go down to Marks went down to Marks , came back and he bought me a sandwich , I said I 've eaten nothing all day , bought me this sandwich , I was hoping to go away at six |
| 11 | When the creditors found that the debtor had to go down to Eastbourne in any event , then the concession was given by the creditors . |
| 12 | He would call on some farms and others would bring what they had to sell down to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 13 | Ace continued to look down at Defries . |
| 14 | Had to pop down to Rome on a spot of business . ’ |
| 15 | The brewery had to shut down between March and June due to problems with its boilers . |
| 16 | And then I had to run down to Mrs 's when Dawn stayed with mummy while the ambulance come to tell Mrs and Mrs says do n't worry Jean , I 'll sign you in the day just go ahead and put your mum in the ambulance . |
| 17 | Jack continued to gaze down at Ken 's blank face . |
| 18 | Jim says no , Kath 's asked him if he would like to go but he wanted to go down to Wembley er get yourself away ! |
| 19 | Gulliver wanted to step down in August because of business commitments but was asked to carry on by chairman Wallace Mercer until the club had made a decision about a new stadium . |