Example sentences of "i went downstairs " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen kept saying , ‘ Take me away from here , Karim , ’ and really getting on my nerves , so soon Dad and Helen and I went downstairs . |
| 2 | When I went downstairs there were two policemen there . |
| 3 | I went downstairs , I was just so struck by musicians and live music . |
| 4 | I went downstairs into Toby 's room and locked the door . |
| 5 | I went downstairs to the phone in my dressing-gown , pausing only for a second outside Toby 's door to listen for the typewriter , which was silent , and for another moment outside Mavis 's to leave her snuff-box . |
| 6 | Then I went downstairs with Lord Bothwell . |
| 7 | When I went downstairs , the music-room was lamplit but empty . |
| 8 | We arrived quite late on our first night and , when I went downstairs the next morning the waitress showed us to our table and said : ‘ Good morning , I think you were arriving at eleven o'clock last night . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ As soon as it was light I went downstairs … |
| 10 | I went downstairs and they told me they had just got married . |
| 11 | I went downstairs again , to my ward , my nest in the glacier . |
| 12 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 13 | I went downstairs to demand supper . |
| 14 | In melancholy mood , I went downstairs . |
| 15 | I went downstairs to help the Binkworthys in with their bags , and also to get a look at them as I was mildly curious , not to mention nosey . |
| 16 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |