Example sentences of "i [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 32 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 33 | So I walked down to the sea and before long , I was at the ship and was swimming round it . |
| 34 | The Ptarmigan was closed , and so I walked down beneath the ski-tow towards the road . |
| 35 | As I walked down by the riverside one evening in the spring Heard a long gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake 's cry of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars and the laughter , and the fights May the ghosts that howled round the house at night never keep you from your sleep May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight or wherever they may be … |
| 36 | I swung down at the bottom , deciding to go head first , face up , curling my back down into the soft river bed , praying … |
| 37 | I glanced down at the limb I was illustratively wiggling , only to find an involuntary erection making my trousers stick out like an accusing finger . |
| 38 | I glanced down at the kitchen . |
| 39 | I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine . |
| 40 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
| 41 | I feel I could play , but if I broke down during the game I would be letting down the team and myself . |
| 42 | When they had gone , I settled down to the potato and made a mug of tea . |
| 43 | I found that if I settled down to the tape and the life of Apricot Smith , I became quite comfortable . |
| 44 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 45 | I settled down at the kitchen table with a jug of fresh orange juice , a bowl of fruit at my elbow , and the newspapers before me . |
| 46 | As I settled down in the straw-filled barn that I had left a few moments ago in search of food , I looked around at the now sleeping Frenchman , stretched out in the straw . |
| 47 | Armed with the yellow pages and a mug of coffee , I settled down by the telephone . |
| 48 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 49 | I stared down at the white face of the ratman . |
| 50 | I looked down towards the end of the straight . |
| 51 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 52 | I looked down into the hole . |
| 53 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
| 54 | I looked down into the punt and saw Rachel gazing up at me from beneath a wide straw hat . |
| 55 | I looked down at the money again . |
| 56 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 57 | I looked down at the sea breaking on the rocks . |
| 58 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 59 | I looked down at the chart and saw that the island was not so very far off our course , and I knew that the Beechcraft was brim-full with fuel . |
| 60 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |