Example sentences of "[noun] went down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 2 | Today it was closed but the delightfully cold ice-cream from the small shop at the entrance went down a treat . |
| 3 | With luck ‘ Mummy ’ might disbelieve the dire tale , especially if the bruise went down a little before she saw it . |
| 4 | Trading vessels went down the canal every week to Grimsby and Hull and every month to London . |
| 5 | As O'Grady and Kyle went down the 8th another sudden roar came from the expectant crowd waiting round the 11th . |
| 6 | Ruth went down the stone stairs that curved to the ground floor and followed the archways that led to an inner courtyard that might have been uncomfortably hot but was tempered by a cool fountain that arced water over a frolicking marble dolphin and child below . |
| 7 | Felipe was still having breakfast when Maggie went down the next morning , and it caught her off guard . |
| 8 | The crawl went down the Strand , past St James 's , Belgravia and Mayfair , calling at the embassies of Australia , Canada , India , Bolivia , Peru , Columbia , Ecuador , Mexico , Myanmar , the USA and Brazil . |
| 9 | A large proportion of balls went down the leg side , which was not the ideal means of curtailing the driving of Boon , Briers and Whitaker . |
| 10 | The ball went down the Leeds left wing and was turned onto Deanes outstretching head . |
| 11 | ‘ Barmen all over the world acquired a fair percentage of my money , ’ Jimmy regrets ‘ And the rest went down the plughole with various business ventures . ’ |
| 12 | My wife went down the fellside to a cottage and the lady kindly called 999 for help . |
| 13 | ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’ |
| 14 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 15 | The pop star 's revenge , FEARGAL SHARKEY , formerly wobbly-voiced member of THE UNDERTONES who sought the kicks of teenagers , and wobbly-voiced failed solo star who advised listening to dad ( wonder why his career went down the toilet ) , has swapped allegiances and is now A&R man at Polydor . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , I dropped the paintbrush , which of course went down the loo . |
| 17 | Socialist support went down a fraction , with losses in the north compensated by gains in the south . |
| 18 | That 's why so many of our sons went down the mine — to stop the family becoming homeless . |
| 19 | A BR spokeswoman said : ‘ The gang went down the train smashing windows and light bulbs and scaring the passengers . |
| 20 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 21 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 22 | The two Constables … in a further neglect of duty went down a back entry , where they were caught smoking together , and later one of the Constables and the Acting Sergeant falsely concocted a story to disguise these infractions … |
| 23 | By the time the eighth wicket went down the lead was already 264 , so perhaps it was unkind of Baptiste and Holding to hammer 150 in 113 minutes for West Indies ' ninth wicket record against England . |
| 24 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 25 | Television newsgirl Alison Holloway went down the aisle with Davidson in 1987 but split with him 18 months later because of his womanising . |
| 26 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 27 | Well er my mother went down the yard , I wo n't tell you about the other , sister . |
| 28 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |
| 29 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |