Example sentences of "down at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We find customers prefer to sit down at individual desks and discuss their requirements . ’ |
| 2 | Matheson 's first round victory over former world No.8 Hlasek , now down at 46 , was easily the finest result of the Scotsman 's career , guaranteeing nearly £3,000 in prize money treble his previous best cheque . |
| 3 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 4 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 5 | Dyson sat pouting and rubbing his hands together , glaring down at various parts of the table . |
| 6 | Temperature can be controlled over the range 120 to 770 K , either isothermally or more normally by ramping up and down at various fixed rates . |
| 7 | Normally she and Prince Philip would sit down at 8.15 sharp for a breakfast of kippers and kedgeree . |
| 8 | Müncheberg shot one of these down at 1715 , seeing the aircraft crash about a mile north-east of the airfield . |
| 9 | Within minutes of the prime ministers sitting down at 4.15 p.m. , we had constructed the wording of what became Early Day Motion number 174 , and which read as follows : |
| 10 | The FT-SE share index was down 31.7 points before setting out on a steady recovery , closing 4.1 points down at 2,277.5 . |
| 11 | During one period 84 X 9 cwt. cartloads were brought down at 1/8 the ton … 37 tons 16 cwt. came to £3 : 3s . |
| 12 | Müncheberg and Lt. Mietusch each claiming Hurricanes shot down at 1545 . |
| 13 | SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace . |
| 14 | THE case must be made again for judges to stand down at 70 years of age . |
| 15 | Johannsen each claimed a Hurricane shot down at 1045 , both in the same location-obviously the Fulmars . |
| 16 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
| 17 | By lunchtime the FTSE was 5.9 points down at 2810 . |
| 18 | And once Mr Thompson 's views became known in mid-afternoon the market collapsed — with the index swinging from a 14.2-point gain to close 28.2 points down at 2,218.8 . |
| 19 | The FT-SE 100 Index closed 28.2 points down at 2,218.8 . |
| 20 | A special spinners ' mat was laid down at pre-tour net sessions at Lilleshall in an effort to prepare England 's batsmen for what they could expect to face on dusty Indian pitches . |
| 21 | And we were n't gon na you know , bust the door down at six o'clock in the morning and do a drugs raid . |
| 22 | And everybody sa shouting out , plane come down at six o'clock . |
| 23 | He brings it down at four and five o'clock , |
| 24 | But at least then we 're gon na be ready are n't we if we put his name down at four or five schools in the area . |
| 25 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
| 26 | The FT-SE 100 Index slumped 34.9 points at one stage before ending 30.5 points down at 2247.0 , which wiped £6.54bn off share values . |
| 27 | The pound is down at one-dollar fifty-seven , and up at two-marks , forty-three . |
| 28 | The pound is down at one-dollar fifty-six , and down at two marks forty-one . |
| 29 | He touched down at Upper Heyford right on schedule at 1.55 a.m. local time , disturbing the sleep of the villagers beneath him as he made his final turn into the approach lights . |
| 30 | But for newcomers it is daunting to stand on the brink of Genghis Khan — one of the runs in China Bowl — and gaze down at unending acres of snow . |