Example sentences of "be down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've actually been down to Norfolk this weekend so |
| 2 | She 's been down to Birmingham to see our kid . |
| 3 | Recently , however , they have been down to Lord Mayor Treloar College where they are helping to buy TNS 's , a battery powered device which produces small low powered electric shock — something like pins and needles — designed to ease muscle pain for people with disabilities such as spina bifida and muscular dystrophy . |
| 4 | no , I forgot well see I forgotten and I 'd been down to Boots an all I , aunty Mary had them once , one time and said |
| 5 | I know Paul 's been down to Percy Saint John 's and they are quite far ahead believe it or not they have got separate sheets for most subjects and we 'll able to do that English at pri Spring Gardens is good , so it maths because that was actually dealt with by erm Barbara |
| 6 | Neville , fresh in from points east , had just been down to Carnaby Street and looked the very model of the new generation . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyhow , Grandfather had been down to John Adrich 's at the bottom of the hill and he 'd bought himself a grin'stone for sharpening tools . |
| 8 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Apparently he 's been down at Streatley since the weekend , but Joanne says he should be back today . |
| 11 | ‘ Has he been down at Streatley ? ’ |
| 12 | I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’ |
| 13 | The gate may have been down at Sanford Smith 's fourth annual Works on Paper exhibition in New York 's Park Avenue Armory from 3 to 5 April , but most of the participants had little to complain about . |
| 14 | Because if you had not been down in Minya chasing that gipsy woman you would have been at the theatre . |
| 15 | Er the thing is that the people in the northeast yes er there is a lot more work done up there by the Society but you know since I 've been down in Horsham I have found that the northeast is not alone . |
| 16 | Having worked for a number of years now in community health services , previously erm in Yorkshire , in fact I 've only been down in Oxford about four or five months , I 've learnt how important it is in fact to make good working contacts with members and officers of other organizations , and particularly of local authority organizations . |
| 17 | She has been down in Dorset . |
| 18 | Frozen cooked and peeled prawns are down to £2.99 from £4.99 . |
| 19 | They 'll of course attempt to claim that any future cuts in schools ' budgets are down to lack of government funding . |
| 20 | I also welcome two more amendments which have also been put down by my Noble Friend , Lord and of course are down for discussion now . |
| 21 | Holes 4 to 12 are down at sea level , the rest on the cliff tops and exposed to swirling sea breezes which punish injudicious ambition . |
| 22 | He and a dozen others are down at Lewisham nick , ‘ helping with enquiries ’ . |
| 23 | The crystals made for Superman are down at £800-£1,200 — but , as every film buff knows , they do contain the accumulated knowledge of 28 galaxies . |
| 24 | Whatever the cause , so far in 1991 record sales in the U.S.A. are down by 20% on last year 's figures — and that was n't a great year either . |
| 25 | Unigate 's midway profits are down from £43m to £42m and the full-year figure is likely to be static at £92m , further reflecting the pressures on the dairy industry . |
| 26 | AT Asda , clementines are down from £1.29 to 89p for a 1kg pack . |
| 27 | Somerfield small prawns are down from Pounds 3.65 to £2.89 . |
| 28 | Three-quarter length black-and-white check blanket coats are down from £259 to £149 , gold sequinned vest dresses from £149 to £99 . |
| 29 | So Glaxo shares are down from £8 to under £6 and Wellcome down from £10 to £7.50 . |
| 30 | Traditional pork sausages are down from £1.89 to £1.59 . |