Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] down the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there Further up the glen from me , from our , house there 's a place called Dalnasnecht It 's a little place in the beside the water and beyond it there 's a great piece of ground on the hill and it was called er Argyll 's Reed where Argy Where all Where Argyll 's men stayed when they came to burn down the bonny house early , Forter Castle . |
| 2 | Material things they had in plenty , and though they had moved to cheaper housing she could not actually remember feeling that they had moved down the social ladder at all . |
| 3 | They had slipped down the First Division , losing five consecutive League matches . |
| 4 | Failing that they had to trudge down the nearest side streets with their suitcases , knock on doors at random asking whether they took theatricals . |
| 5 | They had to walk down the long straight street past Shea 's pub with its sour smell of drink coming out on to the street from behind its dark windows , past Birdie Mac 's sweet shop where they had spent so much time choosing from jars all their school life . |