Example sentences of "go down [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 You curve the surface by making it go down into a hollow .
2 You see , and we , we remember last time we did something , we 'd go down into a or scout movement where
3 NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO just might go down as a memorable year in the history of Britain , if not the rest of the world .
4 In an otherwise mixed year for the British sports car , TVR 's 1992 will go down as a year of achievement and of huge promise for the future .
5 This will go down as a crucial staging post in the sport 's history in this country . ’
6 Could well go down as a second own goal of the match .
7 So do they go down as a new intake .
8 It was certainly correct to put Jim Prior , Peter Walker and Ian Gilmour firmly in the ‘ wet ’ camp and Keith Joseph would go down as an undoubted ‘ dry ’ , but for most of the rest of us our opinion depended upon the issue .
9 ‘ We believe we have done just that , and this team will go down as an outstanding one in any era .
10 This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby .
11 And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't !
12 During the following few days a number of people in the bus will go down with a cold and will likely blame the poor soul who was suffering on his journey home .
13 Yet although my addresses were chiefly in the nature of pep-talks , I usually contrived to work in what today would be called ‘ culture ’ , and sometimes the pub scene in The Waste Land or parts of Portrait of a Lady would go down with a wow .
14 He continued : ‘ With criminal trespass , all they can do is go down on a daily basis and charge people .
15 But Doherty , 22 , of Dublin , did not go down without a fight and doggedly pursued Hendry all afternoon .
16 I wo n't go down without a struggle , Nenna thought .
17 For both reasons , the amount of looking at the listener should go down during a phase of speech production which involves a large amount of cognitive planning .
18 Normally following that kind of response the ramp idea would go down like a lead balloon .
19 His ‘ zeal for privatisation , ’ says a Welsh nationalist MP hopefully , ‘ will go down like a rat sandwich ’ in the valleys .
20 ‘ I bet this would go down like a lead balloon if it was known in Grantley police station .
21 Cup of tea would go down like a bomb but
22 Well you do n't know whether you 'll be able , you can go down in an evening
23 The viewing figure must go down by a half now .
24 The Government says they should go down by an average of £55 .
25 Five clubs would go down from a reformed league of 14 clubs in the First Division , with the Second Division champions being promoted .
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