Example sentences of "be down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All the others you did n't see cause they 're down at the bottom so when this lot |
| 32 | They 're down at the front . ’ |
| 33 | They 're down along the road by the lake 's edge . |
| 34 | Dass come up with the curtains , they 're down in the Courtesy Cleaners . |
| 35 | His inclination was to be down at the yard . |
| 36 | ‘ I shall want to be down at the track early tomorrow morning . |
| 37 | ‘ If any other part of the machine broke the farmer would be down at the dealer causing a song and dance . |
| 38 | If I 'm not here , I 'll probably be down at the boatyard . |
| 39 | so I wonder if she 's going down the , well she might be down for the service now |
| 40 | Any rethink by the NRA would be down to the persistence of the members , he said . |
| 41 | It must be down to the record companies . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | If they 're thigh-high the stockmarket , too , will be up ; long , and share prices will also be down near the floor . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | The Marshal and I will be down in the porter 's lodge . ’ |
| 48 | As he preceded what he now thought of as a mythical being down to the canteen , he thought about how he 'd once found the sight of Zambia 's adjustments repulsive and unnatural . |
| 49 | Conservative actually being down to the traffic calming . |
| 50 | Attendances were down at the North West Rally in Cheadle but it was an excellent day , and everyone enjoyed Jean Parmiter 's teacher . |
| 51 | Dear , they were down at the Paradise the other night … looks serious . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ Southampton were down at the bottom , but they rolled up their sleeves , put a run together and that 's what we now have to do . |
| 53 | Ten minutes later we were down on the beach at Taroona , near Hobart ( and the mouth of the Derwent River ) launching the boat from the beach in traditional manner by reversing the trailer into the surf . |
| 54 | They were down on the floor , and one side of her face was scorched by Gordon 's mother 's horrible gas-fire , in front of which there was a bowl of tepid water . |
| 55 | Besides , they were down by the river now , and she wanted to see the bridge … |
| 56 | And when we were down in the kitchen the partition between the butt and the bairn as they called it was going like that inside of the house in the gale . |
| 57 | They were down in the order book at four and eight pence . |
| 58 | We were down in the bar , up the club on Saturday night your Aunt Jean and Raymond and I and this fella beside us was drunk and he put his arm round this woman 's neck , you know the thing , what about ? |
| 59 | No doubt they were down in the cellar sheltering from the bombardment . |
| 60 | He 's there , still curled up and still secured by the tape , but he must have wriggled his way through to here while you were down in the cellar ; he 's knocked over a table with the phone on it and he 's just turning the phone the right way up as you enter the lounge and see him . |