Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 3 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 4 | But I went down the bottom of this street , and the man stood there waiting for me . |
| 5 | He had n't got a big selection but I went down er I was going to use stocks . |
| 6 | But I went down Harold I tell you and got the job . |
| 7 | But I went down er yesterday , and I got , ooh I might get , they did n't have , do you know I was gon na buy a actually |
| 8 | I woke feeling good , eager to get back to the Hall , but I wrote down the dream first , thinking I would tell it to Edward . |
| 9 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 10 | But apparently they know that I 'm really forward which is absolute , actually not very true cos Ed said that I was quite forward and he , I was only forward with him because the person I got off with just before him was bloody forward and it made me a bit forward but I calmed down after that , you know ? |
| 11 | ‘ I watched the European championship finals on television but I got down again , disappointed because I was n't there . |
| 12 | But I got down to ten stone . |
| 13 | Everybody is making the bodies real small , but I scaled down a teeny bit and what I took off that way , I added in thickness , so it 's fat , like a Les Paul , so you can get that big , beefy sound . |
| 14 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
| 15 | but I sat down and we had n't actually done the lecture well I could n't do this other one because I did n't understand this |
| 16 | ‘ I still could n't see anything , of course , but I knelt down and groped about with my hands . |
| 17 | " But — but you went down in Foxton Mire . |
| 18 | But you went down here ! |
| 19 | Yes but you went down , went down the village with me |
| 20 | She was in the middle of writing a report for the monthly meeting of the board of governors but she laid down her pen immediately . |
| 21 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 22 | But she went down like a sack of spuds and cracked her head open . |
| 23 | She was not particularly hungry , but she went down to the hotel 's dining-room around eight that evening , then returned to her room to spend a fitful night . |
| 24 | But she looked down through the glass skylight and recognised in Maggie 's cropped hair and long white body the same contours that she had seen in that other virgin warrior whom she had inspired into battle . |
| 25 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 26 | But she came down with this dreadful flu bug , so she 's taken to her bed . ’ |
| 27 | The engaged tone bleeping in Robyn 's ear confirmed the good sense of this judgement , but she put down the receiver reluctantly . |
| 28 | Michelle was the only one on duty there , but she put down the latest James Herbert long enough to tell me that yes , they had sent for an Airborne messenger just after eleven , and that Anna kept asking if I 'd called . |
| 29 | She had been living here at the château , helping with the children , but she moved down to Les Hiboux to get away from me . |
| 30 | When she first came she ate so much so often that I thought she had worms , but she settled down to a very moderate appetite , so the worming tablet the vet . |