Example sentences of "down [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 2 | More usually , they come down with a thump a yard or so away . |
| 3 | Leith sank down into a chair the moment the outer door had closed behind him and discovered that she was trembling . |
| 4 | I 've got one friend who has written down in a diary every person he 's ever re arrested , I do n't do that , I just , I , I ca n't be bothered to write it all down . |
| 5 | Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it . |
| 6 | Then great standing stones brought to mark the way at intervals , and on a bank leading up to a mountain ridge or down to a ford the track cut deep so as to form a guiding notch on the skyline as you come up . |
| 7 | Filled with unusual trees and shrubs , dropping down to a stream the Professor created himself , the garden flows softly and naturally between their home , Vine House , built in 1725 , and the 18th-century park of Blaise Castle , laid out by Repton , which lies adjacent . |