Example sentences of "was [adv] [to-vb] down " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd quite like a rest now , and I would if there was somewhere to lie down , but I do n't want to get dirty . |
2 | I hoped there was somewhere to sit down , it was nearly half-past eleven and I was worn out and hot and sticky with all this wandering . |
3 | Well , that , that was just to take down one reel of wall paper on . |
4 | However , if his quest was originally to break down the stranglehold of the rock system , would he have settled for such a four-square format ? |
5 | If their giro did n't come , erm the only way of of contacting D H S S , was either to go down , or to walk all round until they could find a telephone to do it . |