Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do I go down through the garden ? |
| 2 | Giving Hilary a cheeky grin , he asked his mother , ‘ Can I go down to the village ? ’ |
| 3 | If I 've had a big bill , occasionally I 've had to say to my mum ‘ I 've no money left , can I come down for the week ? ’ and I 've had to go down there . |
| 4 | Shall I come down in the car for you tomorrow ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ How in God 's heaven will I get down to the coast in this mess ? ’ |
| 6 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 7 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 8 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 9 | ‘ Will ye pop down to the cellar , for us ? ’ |
| 10 | But Pat remembers him saying to various children : ‘ Why do n't you lay down at the bottom of the swimming pool for half an hour ? ’ |
| 11 | Eva said , ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you cut down on the bloody mysticism — we 're not in Beckenham now . |
| 12 | ‘ Will you go down to the town , to the nearest phone box and get on to the station ? |
| 13 | ‘ Look , why do n't you go down to the bar and have a couple of drinks ? ’ |
| 14 | Do you go down to the baths every night ? |
| 15 | Why do n't you go down to the optician 's and see about it ? ’ |
| 16 | Why do n't you go down to the sea and get a blow before tea ? ’ |
| 17 | Then she asked , ‘ What on earth made you go down to the beach ? |
| 18 | ‘ You must ask the Information Ministry to let you go down to the south , so you can see for yourself what the bastards have done to our people , and tell the world about it , ’ he said , ‘ Please , John . |
| 19 | " Why do n't you go down to the Lake Field , " he said to Nicandra , " the yearlings might amuse them . |
| 20 | ‘ Will you go down to the beach ? |
| 21 | ‘ Can you go down to the car and bring up my medical bag ? ’ his question explained the keys . |
| 22 | As she heard him come back she refrained from looking out of her window , nor did she go down to the corridor outside his room when , a little later , she heard him groaning as he always did in the grip of a nightmare . |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't she go down with the others ? ’ |
| 24 | Well why ca n't you walk down to the Co-op tomorrow when you 're at dancing and get one yourself . |
| 25 | So will you stand down from the government after the elections ? |
| 26 | Would you get down off the table please . |
| 27 | ‘ No. ’ 'Then why do n't you come down to the marina at five tomorrow morning . |
| 28 | Charles could have chosen any excuse for the phone call and it was pure chance that he had lighted on the meaningless ‘ numberplate racket ’ I ‘ So that 's what made you drive down in the Datsun , and move the plan forward , and lose a quarter of a million pounds ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then did she fly down to the Stones and among them , grieving for eagles and men alike , who now stood mute around her , pointing as great Stones up to the sky . |
| 30 | They 'd let them sink down to the bottom and drift there with the long-haired weeds — ; |