Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am looking down on the world , but it does not stretch away over nebulous distant horizons . |
| 2 | It suggests I 'm falling down on the job . |
| 3 | By the way , your ma will be able to help out at your dairy for a month or two as I 'm cutting down on the number of cows at the manor . |
| 4 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going down to the Customs House . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No , I 'm going down to the pub , ’ he answered and he wiped a tear away from his eye . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going down to the pub , ’ she said ; ‘ I need a drink ’ , and added rather threateningly , ‘ You coming ? ’ |
| 8 | I 'm going down to the shop later , so I 'll make an appointment for you . ’ |
| 9 | " I 'm going down to the beach . " |
| 10 | First I 'm going down to the village to fetch old Bonnie and get her to have a look at that ankle . |
| 11 | I 'm going down to the |
| 12 | Now look here , if you honestly think that I 'm going down to the police station and verifying a story like that then you can think again ! |
| 13 | If I 'm going down to the pub with my mates , I will probably just wear jeans but , again , I 'll wear a nice shirt and smart shoes . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm driving down towards the river , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ I was kneeling down on the beach beside a lake when I felt this appallingly painful tingling sensation in my knee . |
| 16 | I was taken down to the block [ punishment wing ] and they left me there for two days . |
| 17 | Well I tried and then I was let down by the group . |
| 18 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 19 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 20 | I felt like a portly 60 year old man with a beard , and that I was shuffling down to the shops in my espadrilles like he does , with his horrible , ratty little dog . ’ |
| 21 | I was carried down to the ambulance and taken to a Kendal hospital . |
| 22 | I was shoved down on the bed , the soldier left and the slattern bustled in with a small manchet loaf and a goblet of wine . |
| 23 | If you are walking down into the centre along Avenida do Infante , after the Savoy Hotel you pass the modern Casino Park Hotel and , behind it , the new Casino . |
| 24 | This ha , es you feel like you are coming down into the ball , which is a more positive feeling . |
| 25 | WHILE the Ipswich fans taunted ‘ You 're going down with the Arsenal ’ , Town star John Wark predicted that troubled Manchester United could still walk off with the first Premier League Championship . |
| 26 | So after you 've finished training , you 're going down to the library , yes , to look up the names of the people luve in Street , and once you 've been on that appointment you 've got to go back to the branch and you 're gon na do your mail shots whatever you 're gon na do , put it in there . |
| 27 | It 's surprising how much louder they seem to get when you 're bedding down for the night . |
| 28 | But perhaps when you 're lying down on the floor and tied up by little people you can hardly see and do n't believe in , that 's not the best time to start communicating . |
| 29 | Take the heat out by having cool showers ( use a water-resistant suncream if you 're cooling down in the pool ) and use an aftersun lotion to ease the tingling and to stop your skin drying out . |
| 30 | She 'll go up to you and she goes she looks at you like that and her eyes are all wide , sh sh she 's looking down at the wall like that to make sure it 's all clear , you know what I mean ? |