Example sentences of "went down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I went down to the water-line and threw the bottle out .
2 What was your first job then when you went down to the pit ?
3 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
4 Owen went down to the souk himself .
5 Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone .
6 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 .
7 ‘ 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 .
8 At nine o'clock he left his room and went down to the bar .
9 In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river .
10 We went down to the river Thames and saw the famous London Bridge , with all its shops and houses .
11 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 .
12 ‘ So tell me , Ibrahim , what happened when you and Abu went down to the river ? ’
13 Blooming great fine statue of p and then you went down to the road where the Wolferton .
14 When she went down to the sitting-room to pour tea for her mother , the latter was in one of her most waspish moods .
15 They all went down to the park before hand cos nobody finished the .
16 And lay in the bus and went down to the park .
17 well I went down to the park had to a act , went on again !
18 Well , it was absolute chaos when I went down to the Press reception before the Women of the Year lunch .
19 ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Clytemnestra went down to the water and drank greedily .
23 ‘ The floorboards that went down to the water with Harry , they stayed under .
24 He laid his bike on the grass verge and went down to the water 's edge .
25 They went down to the water 's edge and Gran poked with her stick , mouth twisting in on itself .
26 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 .
27 It would be seven and sixpence for the consultation if they went down to the surgery .
28 Mina and Kāli dumped their loads and Kāli went down to the stable to fetch some cow-dung .
29 When later on she went down to the sea she felt almost as cheerful again as in pre-Andrée days .
30 I — think if I had some fresh air today I should feel much better , if I went down to the sea , perhaps . ’
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