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 ?
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