Example sentences of "down [prep] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 2 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 4 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |
| 5 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |
| 6 | His assertion that the problem remains and is handed down from the first generation of Homo sapiens to the present one in the institutions of religion and art seems to be , prima facie , very plausible . |
| 7 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 8 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 9 | Miss Fletcher was 0–2 , down in the first set before taking ten games in a row and going on to retain her title . |
| 10 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 11 | The balance in Japan is also healthily positive , at 54% , only slightly down on the first quarter of the year . |
| 12 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 13 | It 's not as huge as a Jeff Beck model , being just under an inch deep at the 12th fret , nor is it anywhere near as vee-shaped as a Clapton Strat , but it 's still a sizeable handful , except down by the first couple of frets where it 's a fair bit shallower , in good ‘ 59 fashion . |