Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Photoplay 's editor Ken Ferguson went down to the set of The Devil 's Brigade , a World War Two adventure filmed in England in 1968 , he and the other reporters were warned not to try and interview the star . |
| 2 | Jenny 's daddy did n't know how to thank her enough , either , when he came up — especially when he and Miss Clinton went down to the Brownies ' Bridge and saw the swollen river and realised how very brave Jenny had been to cross it . |
| 3 | FROM THE opening piston pump and steamhammer beat of Captain Beefheart 's ‘ Hard Working Man ’ , through its coked-up party time desperation , to its despairing sign-off line , this is a provocative , unrelenting and fatalistic look at three Detroit steelworkers ground down by the system . |
| 4 | Malachi Drennan sat down beside the wide fireplace . |
| 5 | Mrs. Mounce looked down at the suitcase . |
| 6 | A walk to the Hadi Gari Bar down by the harbour will take you right through the hustle and bustle of the narrow streets of the old town and can take as little as five minutes , although you 'll be hard pressed not to be distracted by the jewellery , leather and clothes offered by street vendors at every corner . |
| 7 | From near Alport Low , Hern Clough leads down to the tranquil hollow of Grains in the Water , a magical spot in a wide bowl of surrounding hills . |
| 8 | Dr Neil looked down at the bent blue-black head , and some idea of the enormous concession she was making to him struck home . |
| 9 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |
| 10 | PETER RAWLINS , a former partner with accountants Arthur Andersen , has emerged as the International Stock Exchange 's next chief executive following the decision of Jeffrey Knight to stand down from the post , writes John Moore . |
| 11 | The golf course is where Nigel Mansell cools down for the next race … and that next race is Silverstone and the British Grand Prix … forget Monaco and Monza … for our Nigel British is still the best … |
| 12 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 13 | Aunt Margaret looked down at the round top of Victoria 's head with warm and tender eyes , her birdy head cocked on one side . |
| 14 | The room was darkened by the cloth they had pinned over the skylight , to hide the bars , and Peter Rabbit and Mrs Tiggywinkle and Jemima Puddleduck stared down from the posters on the walls . |
| 15 | Wayne Biggins went down in the box . |
| 16 | The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench . |
| 17 | I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’ |
| 18 | On the other side of the road the cobbled slopes of West Brook Place rushed down to the walled beck before the land swept up again , steep and thickly wooded , to the terraces of Old Ashfield . |
| 19 | JOHN Major 's tub-thumping speech at the Guildhall on Monday night went down in the City like a lead balloon . |
| 20 | Sam and Duncan McCrea raced down to the street where Lou Collins had left a CIA car should the listeners in the apartment need transport . |
| 21 | Instantly , Mr Bumble sat down by the fire and gave the widow such a warm smile that her face turned a delicate pink . |
| 22 | Dr Martin O'Reilly stared down into the child 's face and sighed . |
| 23 | Would Sara and Mr. Preston come down to the police station and see if they could identify the men ? |
| 24 | Every city-born Yorkshire tyke comes into this world with an inborn , umbilical attachment to the Dales , those lush valleys below the brooding moorland where the Yorkshire rivers flow down to the Humber : Wharfedale , Swaledale , Airedale , Nidderdale , and Wensleydale , the only one not named alter its river , the Ure . |
| 25 | Mr Bean got down from the cab , grinning happily . |
| 26 | The new president is not expected to take office until March 1990 , or at best 1 January if Jose Sarney steps down from the presidency early . |
| 27 | He found him , or was found by him , on the 22nd of June , in the valley of the river Lugg , near Pilleth , where the steep slopes of Bryn Glas hurtled down to the track on one hand , and the flats and meadows of the river hemmed it on the other . |
| 28 | They 're nice old people , and I think it would be good for Mrs Richards to come down to the village more , and be part of Santa Barbara . ’ |
| 29 | In fact at various times there would be BBC rulings issued down concerning the number of breaks you could have in a recording , so you had to choose your breaks with great discretion to make best use of them . |
| 30 | MARTHA HARLEY SAT down on the mossy stone parapet of the old bridge to put on her shoes . |