Example sentences of "go down in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage . |
| 2 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 3 | He then attacked a third which went down in a vertical dive , apparently into the sea . |
| 4 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 5 | The Fishguard-based crabber Inspire went down in a calm sea when a huge wave swamped it . |
| 6 | they lost by six at Crewe … won by five against Colchester … and then went down in an eight goal bonanza last week … |