Example sentences of "'d [vb infin] down [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If I were you I 'd schlepp down to the disco and get yourself some trade , dear , otherwise you 'll burst ! ’
2 Every time I heard the wind rustling in the bushes or rattling the slates I 'd duck down under the covers , thinking of hooded ghosts stomping through the garden — or through the wall .
3 Well I know Bon said er they 'd they 'd cut down on the recruiting in fact , I think they 'd closed one of the hospitals in Bristol in the Frenchay where she is has actually got to take erm qualified nurses from that hospital before they take student nurses that they 've trained
4 I 'd go down to the bottom and try all the locks , come up , go along the next street .
5 Anyway , I 'd go down to the schoolroom .
6 We used to some of us other boys we 'd go down to the banks and the Winter time .
7 Er we was on the beach , you know sea front , he 'd er gathered some er brands of seaweed for making what they call Irish moss , Caragium And that would give you a good think emulsion , you see then in the , what was the cod season , cod fishing , you 'd go down to the harbour where the er fishing boat came in and where they were cleaning , and you 'd get the boss would have arranged that you get the cod 's livers .
8 So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know .
9 Straight home ? she wondered , then decided she 'd go down to the front and see if her dad was there .
10 I 'd go down through the choir practice room and St Andrew 's chapel beneath it , make a quick call at the sacristy ( where Holy Harding does his serving ) , then cross the quire to the south side , where , with the help of the Talisman of Shag , I would enter the-spiral stair at ground level , and so — relicless but , hopefully , bearing precious manna for the invalid — to the Sanatorium ( formerly known as the Wheel Room ) and , after that , bed .
11 I thought I 'd walk down to the Club and see you and Antony there , Daddy , but there were so many people , I could hardly move .
12 ‘ If I were you I 'd get down to the racecourse pronto . ’
13 I was starving so I thought I 'd come down to the kitchen .
14 ‘ I 've been hoping you 'd come down to the beach these last three days , ’ he went on .
15 If the whole planet was one enormous Regent 's Park , I 'd come down in the zoo car park . ’
16 I 'd hunch down under the covers with just an air-hole to breath through , and shelter there .
17 You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints .
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