Example sentences of "[to-vb] down by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her initial action on reaching her room , however , was to sit down by the telephone and to try and concentrate her attention on what she should do now . |
| 2 | Sir George drew the curtains , and motioned Roland and Maud to sit down by the fire , in the velvet chairs . |
| 3 | I , I used to walk it there when I went there , e even from Lane I never used to get on the bus I , I used to walk it down there cos we used to go down by the side of , of the old Street cemetery you know over by the gas works and up Street the erm |
| 4 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 5 | Conditions are expected to settle down by the middle of next week . |
| 6 | He remembered an old tramp he used to watch down by the tube station near where he lived . |