Example sentences of "you [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Christmas they always played ‘ You came down from the stars ’ and at Easter they usually played a Pastorale , and what with the roar of the traffic and the crowds of chattering shoppers or tourists it was practically impossible to distinguish the tune except in short bursts . |
| 2 | You went down towards the stage , vowing revenge on her … her what ? … seducer ? |
| 3 | What was your first job then when you went down to the pit ? |
| 4 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 5 | Blooming great fine statue of p and then you went down to the road where the Wolferton . |
| 6 | Fifteen years , is three pound eighty , yes , so , you , I think you must have gone down , yes you went down to the level one , yes ? |
| 7 | And then you had yuppies , but nobody mixed , and the feeling , if you went down to the Turkish |
| 8 | ‘ The wall was broken at the edge of the road , and you fell down into the valley . |
| 9 | What you had down on the previous one was er schools and businesse Schools , businesses and something else , I think , that she 'd collected |