Example sentences of "[verb] down at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute . |
2 | Chris , Marius and the Swiss who had come from Lille were here ; Alex had been turned down at the last moment on a medical detail . |
3 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
4 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
5 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
6 | Mr Clark , 64 , who stood down at the last election , had assured him that he had not advised companies to conceal military use when preparing export licence applications . |