Example sentences of "going down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it could be the boy going down through the field and scaring them . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's a small window in the second room with a large pipe going down into the moat outside , ’ he went on . |
| 3 | Er because the pit bottom was lit up and it meant going down into the dark , an exciting thought for a young fella , er and so off I went and I was put down on one of the faces , as a lad , and said , Right lad , you want to be collier ? |
| 4 | While the Prince of Banality is going down as the embodiment of Eighties vulgarity and hype , the museum world and the academy are singing his praises . |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't worth going down on the off-chance , or so I thought . |
| 6 | And er then they started blacklegs and when they started the rest of the firms all came as well then and I remember er going down on the picket lines and er they 'd be all the members there . |
| 7 | This is going down on the table . |
| 8 | At the going down of the sun and in the morning |
| 9 | At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them . ’ |
| 10 | Old Lady Bridhe , widowed sister to Eachuinn Odhar and mistress of Duart Castle till Marion arrived , was late going down to the hall . |
| 11 | Benjamin insisted that we shave , wash and change our linen and doublets before going down to the hall . |
| 12 | are you going down to the hall ? |
| 13 | We 're going down to the village . |
| 14 | The guardian asked three climbers going down to the village to inform the police , as he was unable to contact them himself since the refuge radio was broken . |
| 15 | First I 'm going down to the village to fetch old Bonnie and get her to have a look at that ankle . |
| 16 | ‘ I think so , because I checked the door later before going down to the village , and it was locked then , and the key was in my purse . ’ |
| 17 | What with the doctor going straight out and the deceased going down to the kitchen to thank both staff for a very good meal there was n't time — even if she took it herself , which is unlikely from all I hear . ’ |
| 18 | She never fussed when he said that he was going down to the country and did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 19 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 20 | The advantage is that there is no line , visible to the fish , coming from the bait , either on the surface or going down to the bottom . |
| 21 | But going down to The Bay were n't no good for us . |
| 22 | Going down to the beach is one of PHIL ‘ DO N'T KICK SAND IN MY FACE ’ KING 's favourite pastimes . |
| 23 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 24 | " I 'm going down to the beach . " |
| 25 | We 're going down to the beach to look for mussels . ’ |
| 26 | Lucien was so disturbed by the dream that the following morning he considered staying in his room and not going down to the exercise court to practice with Resenence . |
| 27 | And I told you about the garden going down to the river , did n't I ? ’ |
| 28 | Because he lost sight of me quickly , he knew that I could not be going down to the river or turning left into the church : he had an uninterrupted view of both . |
| 29 | ‘ One of the early Dalek episodes had a Thal going down to the shore of a lake at night to collect some water . |
| 30 | It has been submitted to the South Oxfordshire District Council full planning committee and has been approved , and it is now going down to the South Oxfordshire District Committee , but I do n't quite why it 's going |