Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] down [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
2 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
3 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
4 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
5 | Why does go down in the first place ? |