Example sentences of "two [noun pl] down " in BNC.

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1 Then he put his two cases down inside the door .
2 and then do your other half of knot , reef knot and tuck it in straight away , you get your pin ready , have it on , either on the table or ready like that , now if you 've got too much material ever you just fold that down , there , if that 's too much , which is n't too much with Denise because it 's the right size sling , sometimes you have to improvise and then you fold if forward and back , firmly , take the pin and put it , put your two fingers down between the casualty so that your fingers are apart and there 's a space between your fingers so you can stick the pin in and out again without any danger , if you put the fingers apart like that , if you do stick the pin in yourself and draw blood would you please throw the pin away , as a matter of automatic hygiene , it must n't be used again once it 's been stuck into somebody
3 In the Littlewoods Cup , Scarborough , two goals down to Chelsea , score three times in seven minutes to go through 4-3 on aggregate .
4 But it is two goals down with a lot more to come — and that is a promise , ’ said Candlish .
5 Grimsby , despite being two goals down , struggled to change their pattern of play .
6 After coming back magnificently from two goals down with 20 minutes remaining , two goals in the last five minutes meant the Quakers , who dominated the game , are still without a win at home in two months .
7 After coming back magnificently from two goals down with 20 minutes remaining , two goals gifted to Reading in the last five minutes consigned Darlington , who dominated the game , to defeat and left them without a win at home in two months .
8 He was back to his best after a series of poor displays and scored a goal as he inspired Lazio to come back from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw .
9 ‘ When you look at our results , the deflected goals we have had against CSKA and Brugge , and the way we fought back after being two goals down to Marseille , nothing holds any fears for us . ’
10 A good fight back for Witney today in the southern division of the Beezer Homes League ; they were two goals down at home to Yate Town , but the match finished Witney two , Yate Town two , our reporter , Adrian Burcher .
11 The house next to Mrs. Sutton 's was of about the same age but as the pavement was almost a foot higher than the floor of the front room , it had two steps down inside the door .
12 Just inside the door were two steps down to a small living room about ten feet square , behind this was a tiny scullery and the houses had two small bedrooms upstairs .
13 The shop was well below pavement level for there were two steps down inside the door .
14 Two steps down from ‘ myth ’ , according to the Anatomy , we find ‘ high mimesis , , the level of most epic and tragedy , in which heroes are ‘ superior in degree to other men but not to [ their ] natural environment ’ .
15 Here no conversion had been done to the wretched little room , once a scullery , with two steps down to a small yard stacked high with rubbish .
16 Tenderly , he put the smaller of his two tortoises down on the floor .
17 Starting exactly two blocks down from where I was living , there is a Hispanic neighbourhood , run down and emptying out .
18 The current was taking the two boats down towards the rocks , so Harry Pascoe could n't afford to waste time .
19 The main reductions are for slaughter cattle , with the number of those aged more than two years down by 13pc and the total of those aged between one and two years down by 5pc .
20 The main reductions are for slaughter cattle , with the number of those aged more than two years down by 13pc and the total of those aged between one and two years down by 5pc .
21 I have n't enjoyed the last two years down there , but erm as I say , let's stick our necks out and say ‘ United are going to win down at the County ground ’ .
22 Jasper wanted to talk about the two days down at Melstead , about the pickets , the excitement of it all , the arrest , the night in
23 Goll the Gorm sat on her left and devoted all his attention to the food and Goibniu was two seats down .
24 Not just the basic elements but let's put one or two things down on paper for yourselves .
25 ‘ So that 's two problems down .
26 You want two holes down , you might get two holes now then .
27 Two rooms up and two rooms down would be just a nice size for Albert and herself , and her own furniture would look very handsome in these surroundings .
28 Erm I like doing water colour painting and I 've been on two holidays down in Cornwall and I 've done that and that 's very relaxing erm and it seems , you seem to forget about everything else , and that 's quite good fun er but erm obviously if it rains all your , all your colours get washed away , but that 's good fun .
29 The square toe-cap of his Lundhag caught in the snow about two metres down .
30 I stopped about two metres down from the summit and quietly cocked the gun , inspecting the composite steel and nylon pellet before placing it in the chamber and snicking the gun closed .
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