Example sentences of "went down [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Slowly and with misgiving , she went down to greet the Reverend James Longley .
2 Yes , the will be floating in the river when we went down to do the foundations , so it , it has cost a lot more money in , than we anticipated , and certainly in time and effort .
3 When they went down to do the chassis
4 It was early morning and I went down to answer a bang on the front door of Dad 's house .
5 And , while the housekeeper went down to call the aunt , Conradin took the toasting-fork out of the dining-room cupboard .
6 I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert .
7 But anyway , my Dawn , Dawn 's mother went down to see a show in London not so long ago , stayed er , stayed two nights in a hotel , it was o it was only like ninety odd pound for them .
8 So I went down to see the secretary who I found out was in the flying horse and er told him who I was , Ooh yes , ooh yes , you 're playing this afternoon , are n't you ?
9 My memories of it , I 've got , I 've always got wonderful memories of the Co-op , you see and that Co-op has been there m on that corner which , when it closed a few years ago I went down to see the present executive officer , he was then assistant , and we campaigned against the closing of Walsall Wood shop but erm course it was of no avail .
10 We went down to see the
11 Several hours later , after statements and interviews and a considerable number of phonecalls , Owen Nelson went down to take a look at the prisoner in cell number three .
12 WHEN the Royal yacht Britannia berthed at Leith I went down to take a photograph but the police said no one was allowed in .
13 The diver went down to guide the cable into the trench .
14 But Throgmorton went down to examine the priest 's corpse . ’
15 I went down to examine the poor priest .
16 Mark gave me one of Sophie 's doorstops — a sleeping fox , and we went down to visit a friend in the Borders with Ethel for support .
17 I 'm saying that Park , what the woman said that she went down to check the vans last summer
18 We left him and went down to climb the apple trees .
19 I went down to unlock the door , and we came upstairs very quietly .
20 This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it .
21 So we we moved towards the sound of the glass , and there 's there 's two people in the the garden , so we went down to have a look at them .
22 I went down to have a word with the promotion yesterday and er we have er come to terms and er we are all ready to go for next year .
23 She went down to make a drink , and as she turned the light on in the dingy kitchen a dark thing shot across the floor to disappear under the dresser .
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