Example sentences of "he [verb] been down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Conchis had said that he 'd been down on Moutsa the week before , it had been this one fact , the sweet womanish perfume , that had puzzled me . |
| 2 | He 'd been down to the coke-cellar beneath the church , where the stage was stored , and with the assistance of Mr Peniket he 'd tried the curtains for size . |
| 3 | It was just that , well , I heard he 'd been down at the police station this morning . |
| 4 | His wife in her innocence told us he had been down at the steamer when we landed and had slipped out of sight , and next morning he had left at six o'clock to go and visit a small island North of Jura where he had never been known to go before . " |
| 5 | Apparently he 's been down at Streatley since the weekend , but Joanne says he should be back today . |