Example sentences of "[be] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His inclination was to be down at the yard . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall want to be down at the track early tomorrow morning . |
| 3 | ‘ If any other part of the machine broke the farmer would be down at the dealer causing a song and dance . |
| 4 | If I 'm not here , I 'll probably be down at the boatyard . |
| 5 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
| 6 | Any rethink by the NRA would be down to the persistence of the members , he said . |
| 7 | It must be down to the record companies . |
| 8 | Of course , some of the LSE II 's bass response must be down to the rosewood back and sides ; the chances are the mahogany version would be toppier-sounding , but both would make equally top-notch recording guitars . |
| 9 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 10 | Shortwood attracts thousands of visitors and the idea behind the revival of the horse powered cider mill , is to demonstrate how life used to be down on the farm . |
| 11 | If they 're thigh-high the stockmarket , too , will be up ; long , and share prices will also be down near the floor . |
| 12 | He must find Martin — he would be down near the chicken run — he must speak to someone , touch someone 's hand , hear someone 's voice . |
| 13 | He seemed more likely to blow a kiss than to throw a punch ; to be at a dinner-table than to be down in the dives ; to be rubbing shoulders than to be shoving or sticking it to the comfortable ( I almost said to the bourgeoisie . ) |
| 14 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 15 | The Marshal and I will be down in the porter 's lodge . ’ |
| 16 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 17 | ‘ Now that I 've left the army , I 'll soon be down in the fields with you again , ’ said Troy lightly . |