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 .
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