Example sentences of "went down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fell into step together , and went down onto the path which followed the bank of the stream , Jehan laughed softly , and then he sat down in the middle of the carpet to eat the last of the sweet cakes . |
| 2 | I went down to the water-line and threw the bottle out . |
| 3 | What was your first job then when you went down to the pit ? |
| 4 | Last month PHILIP VANN looked at artists who had come up from the mines to become artists ; in this issue he concentrates on those artists who went down to the pit to paint |
| 5 | Owen went down to the souk himself . |
| 6 | Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone . |
| 7 | She went down to the lobby to settle the bill so far for both their rooms , and then changed her mind and paid only for her own and the booze . |
| 8 | ‘ One night after a gig in Whelans , I went down to The Nightrain and as I came in the door I heard this note-perfect rock music , ’ he says . |
| 9 | At nine o'clock he left his room and went down to the bar . |
| 10 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 11 | We went down to the river Thames and saw the famous London Bridge , with all its shops and houses . |
| 12 | Every morning the full tribe got the pots , pans and went down to the river , washed , got the clean water , carried back and they lived well . |
| 13 | ‘ So tell me , Ibrahim , what happened when you and Abu went down to the river ? ’ |
| 14 | Blooming great fine statue of p and then you went down to the road where the Wolferton . |
| 15 | When she went down to the sitting-room to pour tea for her mother , the latter was in one of her most waspish moods . |
| 16 | They all went down to the park before hand cos nobody finished the . |
| 17 | And lay in the bus and went down to the park . |
| 18 | well I went down to the park had to a act , went on again ! |
| 19 | Well , it was absolute chaos when I went down to the Press reception before the Women of the Year lunch . |
| 20 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 21 | More awkward still , since Laura was not on board , he was obliged to lock up before going to the office , and had to wait on board , with his brief-case and umbrella , determinedly not listening , while Nenna went down to the saloon . |
| 22 | Some twenty minutes later , cool and attractive in a tangerine and white suit , dark , gleaming hair coiled neatly on top of her head , she went down to the desk . |
| 23 | Clytemnestra went down to the water and drank greedily . |
| 24 | ‘ The floorboards that went down to the water with Harry , they stayed under . |
| 25 | He laid his bike on the grass verge and went down to the water 's edge . |
| 26 | They went down to the water 's edge and Gran poked with her stick , mouth twisting in on itself . |
| 27 | It seemed as good a time as any to go , so I went down to the squat in the King 's Road where I was living and picked up my passport . |
| 28 | It would be seven and sixpence for the consultation if they went down to the surgery . |
| 29 | Mina and Kāli dumped their loads and Kāli went down to the stable to fetch some cow-dung . |
| 30 | When later on she went down to the sea she felt almost as cheerful again as in pre-Andrée days . |