Example sentences of "[vb past] go down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The floorboards had n't snapped , as I 'd originally thought : they 'd gone down into the dock with Harry . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd gone down to the Net , the day it happened . |
| 3 | She 'd gone down to the seashore with the dogs and there he 'd been , following her . |
| 4 | and he was let out and first , within twenty four hours he 'd gone down to the South Coast and killed his mother and his girl friend |
| 5 | Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property . |
| 6 | He dismissed the subject from his mind and decided to go down to the tiny lunchroom he ran for his employees , to get a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |
| 8 | He decided to go down to the cottage during the afternoon and find out for himself . |
| 9 | My men called her something else when they started going down with the ‘ clap ’ , but she was long gone by the time they found out . ’ |
| 10 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 11 | We did go down to the library . |
| 12 | If not I suggest it should be and , er , therefore if unfortunately the profits of the company did go down in the foreseeable future the salaries of yourself and your directors would be reduced . |
| 13 | I hoped to go down to the desert at Zagora . |
| 14 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 15 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 16 | Nell Anderson said it , knowing that it was hopeless , that Delaney would — had to go down to the engine room . |
| 17 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 18 | the pit and the the circular with a saw you know , the wood , they had to go down in a in a pit . |
| 19 | On the few occasions that he had gone down to The priory with the lad , his parents had treated him as one of the family . |
| 20 | After her abortive attempt to break into journalism , she had gone down to the beach , flung off her dress , and plunged into the water at Backyards . |
| 21 | He had gone down to the stable earlier and seen that it was missing , so he went to look for it . |
| 22 | After his conversation with the Zoo Curator Mr Wolski had gone down to the eagles and stared into Minch 's empty cage . |
| 23 | Theda had gone down to the housekeeper , tight-lipped and curt , to ask that these things be remedied forthwith . |
| 24 | He had gone down to the cells to have a look and discovered that the prisoner was his former schoolmate . |
| 25 | In the winter he had gone down with a slight burst of influenza and anyone would have thought it was the plague . |
| 26 | When Margaret finally foundered , some hoped that he had gone down with the ship , but here he was as buoyant as the Vicar of Bray . |
| 27 | he had gone down without a sound — and by the time he had woken up , his ship had been two days out into the Channel . |
| 28 | In a few hours I felt reborn and replete with new powers , washed clean and cured of a long sickness , finally ready to enter life with joy and vigour ; equally cured was suddenly the world around me , and exorcised the name and face of the woman who had gone down into the lower depths with me and had not returned . |
| 29 | Two divers had gone down into the river during the morning , but had found no item of relevance ; and perhaps would not have recognised its relevance had they found it . |
| 30 | I tell ya , so I think we got out , we got our hair done and she wanted to go down to the mission so the hairdresser phoned a different taxi , we have this one up here , he took her down from there to the mission , cos he went down the back ways , you know , |