Example sentences of "go down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dismissed the subject from his mind and decided to go down to the tiny lunchroom he ran for his employees , to get a cup of coffee . |
| 2 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | The sister did not like this at all and called the paediatrician , who examined and decided that he ought to go down to the special care baby unit after all . |
| 4 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 5 | ‘ She 'll have to go down in the fattening fields with the cows . ’ |
| 6 | But i it depends Terry with everybody 's going down on the urgent work ones which is putting the normal service |
| 7 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 8 | Whether time permits or not , a detour should be made along the A.881 from Broadford to its terminus at Elgol , there going down to the colourful beach of pebbles and wild flowers and low cliffs : a beautiful foreground to a classic view , the finest in Britain , of the Black Cuillin across the wide waters of Loch Scavaig , a picture that would defeat a Constable or a Turner . |
| 9 | On his left — but for the bungaloid eruption — ; there would have been sand dunes going down to the deep blue sea of the Channel ; the stretch of golden sand — had it not been for the litter — making a gentle curve for five miles . |
| 10 | he just do n't like going down to the deep end |
| 11 | Before going down to the northern ramparts where the brunt of the attack was expected to fall , he took a last look round the room and saw Hari 's phrenology book lying on the floor . |
| 12 | Beyond the car park , the road contours the hillside , two branches going down to the coastal dwellings of Inver Alligin , and then turns sharply uphill to force a narrow passage across a bare and rocky headland on the last stage of its journey . |
| 13 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 14 | I put going down to the English Centre and using the computer |
| 15 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 16 | From the top you can go down into the old crater via a scree slope which , viewed from the other side , looks impossibly steep ( ’ I 'm never going down there ! ’ ) but is actually quite easy ( the descent is 600ft . ) . |
| 17 | The 1984 British Open may well go down as the Open that was lost by two players as much as it was won by Severiano Ballesteros . |
| 18 | She had anticipated as much when he talked to her about leaving as they watched the sun go down over the Mediterranean during the honeymoon cruise . |
| 19 | They could go down to the Sain Caernarfon League . |
| 20 | Some of you are still without your costumes so if you could all go down to the municipal tip and see if you can flush out any dustbin lids it would be a great help . ’ |
| 21 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 22 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 23 | I would like you to let , I would like you to let me go down to the fair . |
| 24 | It 's almost equally inevitable that they will go down in the low income bracket . |
| 25 | Other comments ( from other authors ) that you find interesting and that look as if they might be useful can go down in the blank spaces . |
| 26 | If not I suggest it should be and , er , therefore if unfortunately the profits of the company did go down in the foreseeable future the salaries of yourself and your directors would be reduced . |
| 27 | Would n't be too bad cos you 'd go down by the Jolly Farmer . |
| 28 | You cool little sod , thought Toby , and reluctantly went down to the front drive . |
| 29 | Kalchu went down to the stable and selected a he-goat . |
| 30 | He was a final-year student there when he went down to the provincial town of Kecskemet to earn some pocket money by delivering lectures . |