Example sentences of "went down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fell into step together , and went down onto the path which followed the bank of the stream , Jehan laughed softly , and then he sat down in the middle of the carpet to eat the last of the sweet cakes . |
| 2 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 3 | They could n't make emergency payments themselves , but if I went down to the social security office … |
| 4 | There was quite a gang of us that went down to the station — four Walshes and me . |
| 5 | At nine o'clock , on the dot , I went down to the station cafe to face whatever was going to happen . |
| 6 | She opened the first bottle of wine , and went down to the door . |
| 7 | He was a final-year student there when he went down to the provincial town of Kecskemet to earn some pocket money by delivering lectures . |
| 8 | The prime minister 's secretary went down to the diocese to consult the leading churchmen . |
| 9 | At the well they left their books and went down to the shore . |
| 10 | Unimpressed , I went down to the edge of the fjord to find somewhere to camp . |
| 11 | Clytemnestra went down to the water and drank greedily . |
| 12 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 13 | We went down to The Marquee the following morning and I think Ralph came up to us and said that we could have the money for all the gigs , including the Brummel Club , but after that we were finished . |
| 14 | Gathering himself , he dismissed her and went down to the waiting car . |
| 15 | Gloria and Dot went down to the Town Hall once a fortnight to collect Dot 's vitamin ration . |
| 16 | I went down to the caravan one day to take some apples , and was startled to see a continuous ripple of ice on the inside of the caravan wall just by my friend 's plump , inviting-looking pillow . |
| 17 | Before we went down to the kitchen Elinor patted all the Napoleana into place , violets and Redouté roses ; a picture of him riding his horse , Marengo , and that one of him feeling for his wallet ; matchstick models made by French prisoners of war and a tricolour flying at half-mast . |
| 18 | Aunt Bedelia and I were trying to watch Brookside , but it was an impossible mix , like tripe and onions with Bolognese sauce , so when Otley went down to the pub to see the lads I strolled down to the villa . |
| 19 | The next morning we went down to the cottage , the sun shone and the trees sparkled with diamond necklaces . |
| 20 | When they were out of sight , Mungo touched the golden glass ball for luck and went down to the yard . |
| 21 | ‘ The floorboards that went down to the water with Harry , they stayed under . |
| 22 | After that I went down to the kitchen and made a cheese sandwich for lunch and wished I 'd gone with Tremayne if only for the ride . |
| 23 | She went down to the front , or what had been the front , and stared out to sea . |
| 24 | Lunch was at midday as at Compiégne … and after dinner everyone went down to the garden , often entertaining themselves with boating on the lake , where all sorts of little craft , even a Venetian gondola with an authentic Venetian gondolier , was provided for the guests … |
| 25 | We went down to the practice ground and had a round and that was it . |
| 26 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 27 | I left Kristin and Sabine in the garden talking to the bodyboarding champion of the world and went down to the beach . |
| 28 | On Thursday night — late night shopping — Nails went down to the supermarket in his anorak with the big pockets and lifted six electric plugs , four pairs of scissors and a pair of pillowcases which he sold to a friend of his father 's for three pounds . |
| 29 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 30 | 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 . |