Example sentences of "i [verb] down by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I walked down by the riverside one evening in the spring Heard a long gone song from days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake 's cry of sorrow and delight You can hear the cars and the shouts from bars and the laughter , and the fights May the ghosts that howled round the house at night never keep you from your sleep May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight or wherever they may be … |
| 2 | Armed with the yellow pages and a mug of coffee , I settled down by the telephone . |
| 3 | Andy and I went down by the river and the loch , clambering up the rocks upstream then back down , watching fish jump lazily out on the calm loch , or strike at the insects speckling those flat waters , jaws snapping underneath ; dispatching , swallowing , leaving ripples . |
| 4 | I sat down by the table and lifted the pot . |
| 5 | Then I sat down by the letter table . |
| 6 | I sat down by the side of Blyth , careful not to let my shadow cross his face . |