Example sentences of "go down to 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 Jennifer remembered Tristram 's face grinning through the wall , and the firm warm clasp of his hand as he reached through to her ; she remembered a night when the moonlight was like mercury on the trees — and she remembered her own sudden cry of love and joy , which Mrs Prynn had thought was the deadly shriek of a mandrake and which had caused her to go down to the lower scullery to see if Jennifer was safe .
3 Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working .
4 In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 he just do n't like going down to the deep end
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 I put going down to the English Centre and using the computer
13 The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink .
14 Going down to the next layer , each of these moves consists of specified acts , as in Figure 6 .
15 They could go down to the Sain Caernarfon League .
16 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 . ’
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 We 'll go down to the next floor .
20 I would like you to let , I would like you to let me go down to the fair .
21 You cool little sod , thought Toby , and reluctantly went down to the front drive .
22 Kalchu went down to the stable and selected a he-goat .
23 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 .
24 When Ruth went down to the lower deck it was a hive of activity , with the strangest thing she had so far seen taking place .
25 He passed under the rock where Ellwood was sitting and went down to the narrow spit where he always stood to fish .
26 When they 'd putted out he went down to the 7th tee .
27 Apricot waited until her exams were over and then went down to the Catholic church and hung about until she met Bernard coming out of confession .
28 They could n't make emergency payments themselves , but if I went down to the social security office …
29 we , we went and you know park where we normally park and went down to the United chip shop and er we got our chips and stood outside
30 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 ?
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