Example sentences of "down [prep] where " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then instead of turning left down towards where we park the car , |
| 2 | At the back of Mary and down towards where Home Mead . |
| 3 | I position my head above her backside and let some spit fall down onto where the knuckle is caught on the ring of muscle , then push my finger filly into her . |
| 4 | Starting exactly two blocks down from where I was living , there is a Hispanic neighbourhood , run down and emptying out . |
| 5 | At last the evening drew to a close and outdoor clothes were brought down from where they had been laid on beds . |
| 6 | He had sited it far from where it really was , half a mile down from where it was ; he had obviously never seen it . |
| 7 | When we got the vans , Ernie was with us then and he always used to sharpen her knife up so as he 'd give her a fresh one lunchtime to go , he 'd , she 'd start off up , down from where you 'd come from this morning , then she 'd go on to Wicken and do that on a Tuesday , Tuesday round . |
| 8 | It is a long lonely walk down to where the Wheelbarrow now sits , forlornly peering at the fencepost . |
| 9 | She rested on the boulder and from it looked down to where the river ran shallow and offered a breeding ground to a lively population of insects . |
| 10 | As dusk fell they all piled back into the ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ and , with the track rod end still giving forth its loud protesting wail , drove down to where the torpedo boats were moored . |
| 11 | Drilling down to where rocks are at high temperatures , excavating a large cavity , then pumping down a fluid which could be vaporised and used to generate electricity , could give geothermal energy a wide application but involves the development of new technology . |
| 12 | Satisfied , he knelt and cleansed his hands in a pool of salt water and walked back down to where the ferryman was patiently waiting for him . |
| 13 | Radical dudes impress those bodacious babes by catching waves at Harvey Nicks and riding their planks all the way down to where Emporio Armani used to be . |
| 14 | Keep moving right and you should find the concert permit , jump up onto the purple wall and walk right to the other side , get one of the three crates and kill the mugger , then walk to the right and jump up three platforms to reach a heart , fall down to where you started then climb down the ladder with a crate , kill the workman , go down another level and kill the mugger ( avoiding the dog ) , go down another level , climb down the ladder and go down again , you can risk hitting the wire and flame to collect the records ( macho time again ) , climb down a final ladder and jump off to the left . |
| 15 | When Lee turned out of the door and looked down to where the battered bird would have landed there was nothing to see but the same old Z-shaped crack in the hard , grey pavingstone and a streak of blood . |
| 16 | Israel proceeded to walk directly into the dybbuk 's slavering jaws , down to where its horrible heart was . |
| 17 | Then on in darkness down to where Liddel joined Esk , cross into England at Kirkandrews and , avoiding Kirklinton and Brampton , populous areas , cross the Lyne valley and the moorlands of Bolton and Walton Mosses to the Roman Wall at Birdoswald . |
| 18 | I had by now recovered my scattered senses and after finishing off my enjoyable meal of pie and peas and my second pint , I thanked my kind new-found friends and left the hospitable Railway bar to walk back down to where my trusty old Morris Minor was parked . |
| 19 | He did not immediately dry his face but knelt over the stream , looking down to where the sun was glinting on the pebbles , turning them momentarily into stars . |
| 20 | The Perks were running from the hangar , bounding and sliding away out of sight , back down to where they came from . |
| 21 | But the outflow is perennially full , white water pouring down to where the moor cleaves open and lets it fall to sea . |
| 22 | On the fell edge near Brackensgill we looked down to where the river Dee meanders through the valley like a slow-worm . |
| 23 | She crossed to the window and looked down to where the pool sparkled in the early sunshine . |
| 24 | The feathers floated away from him on the light breeze , catching at the grey budding branches of the tree beneath him , drifting down to where the few Men and People who were there looked helplessly up . |
| 25 | The next day I went down to where I used to work . |
| 26 | " Some people are best left alone , " said Gabriel , and he looked down to where the eldest and the middle brother were lying peacefully under their beautiful tree , with its green leaves , and its glossy fruit , and the white blossom falling like snow . |
| 27 | Abbot Radulfus looked down to where his index finger rested , and reported without emotion : ‘ I am in the Gospel of Saint Matthew , the twentieth chapter . |
| 28 | From the far edge of the terrace I could see down to where I had been lying only an hour or two before . |
| 29 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 30 | If people in recovery do forget that they have a lifelong disease and — come to believe that they are " cured " , then the original disease reasserts itself once more , not simply very rapidly down to where it was before but , in most common experience , worse than it has ever been . |