Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thatched umbrellas and deck-chairs are provided for sunbathing down on the beach . |
| 2 | And Jackson , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa . |
| 3 | And the singer , who caused upset when he held his nose after touching down in the Ivory Coast , plans to perform extra dates in Africa ‘ to make amends ’ . |
| 4 | Chris Pike is back in the side to play Chester tomorrow after going down with the snuffles and sneezes . |
| 5 | In daytime sleep , such an effect is not present and night-workers can vouch for the broken sleep produced by the more rapid filling of the bladder after lying down during the daytime . |
| 6 | At the head of the lake is Flitelen , on the delta of the river Reuss , which there enters the lake after flowing down from the Gotthard . |
| 7 | A much more glorious surprise was achieved on Fylde Flyer by Piggott after he and the rest of the Abernant Stakes field had been kept waiting in a cold , damp wind while Snaadee took his own unconscionable time about wandering down to the start . |
| 8 | ‘ Because he believed that Charles just is n't going to make it — and the sovereign 's relationship with her heir has always been difficult — Prince Philip urged her to assert that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne , that she must and will remain for the duration . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I thought of walking down to the beach and having a hamburger at Pepe 's . ’ |
| 10 | Their weight is an advantage , as they almost level themselves , needing only the minimum of tapping down with the handle of a club hammer . |
| 11 | A huge head it had on it with rows of teeth and this long sleek green body with all the fins sort of pushed down towards the tail to give it speed in the water I suppose . |
| 12 | He cites the Chinese gesture of bowing down to the ground nine times before an emperor . |
| 13 | If you kind of drop down behind the blue if you use the blue first and the bat 's up there you got ta go sort of near to it to get behind you 're going to rush down to your hoop . |
| 14 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 15 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 16 | He decided to throw himself off the parapet of the bridge instead of lying down on the track . |
| 17 | It was less easy to convince herself that the thought of lying down on the bench with fitzAlan , with hardly a stitch of clothing between them , did n't scare the wits out of her . |
| 18 | Avoid complicated thoughts of pulling down at the start of the downswing unless all else fails . |
| 19 | However , these can only be a rough guide , and there is no replacement for experience of getting down among the crevices , ledges and pools . |
| 20 | Human life has achieved such a high density of population , however , and has such domination , that the structure of our environment is in danger of breaking down under the relentless punishment we are giving our habitat . |
| 21 | The observation of slowing down of the orbital rotation of the binary pulsar 1913+16 is also discussed . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , there is no question of clamping down on the private shabashniki because they provide a valuable service , especially in the construction industry , which costs the state nothing . |
| 23 | See , if you had of gone down to the shop |
| 24 | so I take it he must of gone down with the flu after that then |
| 25 | But , as you will realise , the act of digging down towards the rabbit creates a lot of disturbance and vibration . |
| 26 | Since then the story in Europe has been essentially one of settling down after the storm . |
| 27 | As usual I felt a little trepidation before the climb , but this was dwarfed by the thought of skiing down from the refuge , across the Argentiere glacier , and up to the bergshrund below the face . |
| 28 | There 's been no shortage of excuses in the past few weeks for getting thoroughly ratted , for going down to The Lamb , finding a spot in the corner and spending the entire evening doing nothing more intellectually taxing than sinking five pints of Special . |
| 29 | We thought about going down on the saturday and staying at Great Yarmouth and then driving to the match . |
| 30 | C : what about going down by the — the Firth of Forth |