Example sentences of "then [vb past] down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too early to know , say officials , and anyway that question really has a different target : it was the press and Wall Street that got euphoric in the early days of war , and then came down with a bump , not the administration . |
| 2 | The match then settled down to a midfield battle , with neither side risking any mistakes . |
| 3 | He paced the room , then lay down for a while , hands clasped behind his head . |
| 4 | The track had climbed , twisted , rocked her in its pot-holes and then swept down in a flurry of loose stones and flying dust , to a house gradually lit , theatrically , as the sun returned from behind a stray afternoon cloud . |
| 5 | She opened a door into a large , sunny drawing room , crossed its breadth , sat on a sofa , got up immediately to look for a cigarette , found a pack on a low table by the window , then sat down on a chair . |