Example sentences of "to go down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easiest way of solving that problem was to go down to Victoria station . |
| 2 | How could she compare the task of dusting and polishing the magnificent English furniture to the drudgery of cleaning our house , where there were only tom rags , a broom and a pail of water , and you had to go down on your knees to scrub the floor and do the endless piles of washing by hand ? |
| 3 | I had to go down there for the preview and then go down and bid . |
| 4 | The couples frequently face each other looking into each other 's faces and appear to crouch over their feet slightly which emphasises the ‘ down to earth ’ quality as most steps appear to go down into and not out of the ground . |
| 5 | It was Alexander , formerly of Barnet , who demanded the only save Steve Ogrizovic was required to make — a low shot from the edge of the area forcing the man-mountain goalkeeper to go down with a motion usually greeted with cries of ‘ timber ’ . |
| 6 | Because it is so bizarre it is not possible to go down a very new route of comedy without appearing derivative . |
| 7 | Or strive to go down with one 's dignity intact ? |
| 8 | I became paralysed , unable to go down or up . |
| 9 | If you wanted some , that was n't the avenue to go down . |
| 10 | From year to year they used the same handrails to go down into the past : lifting the cartwheel at the crossroads , the drilling sessions by the river , the first ambush , marching at night between the safe houses , the different characters in the houses , the food , the girls … |
| 11 | ‘ When I got home I called the NRA freephone pollution number and I was told it was too dark and cold for anyone to go down and somebody would be there first thing in the morning . |
| 12 | And you still have to go down . |
| 13 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 14 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 15 | He was then required to go down to the ranges to practise shooting with the 9 mm pistol . |
| 16 | ‘ Would you like to go down and look at the inscriptions on the slabs ? ’ |
| 17 | After my lunch , I thought it better to go down and see them and to show my interest . |
| 18 | He concluded that the approach was ‘ too heavily fictionalized ’ to go down with an audience that was having to deal with the everyday realities of war . |
| 19 | Fifteen wickets were to go down in all that day , and although Gooch and Robinson made a sound start , once they were separated the procession continued as normal . |
| 20 | On one occasion , it began to go up when she wanted to go down ; another time , it refused to open and kept her prisoner for half an hour . |
| 21 | Neither defence was likely to go down conspicuously well in a crowded House . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've a good mind to go down to Mrs Wright 's now and get to the bottom of this , ’ said his Dad as Philip went upstairs . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's my life which is about to go down the plughole . |
| 24 | Ben scrabbled at the bank , barking but not daring to go down . |
| 25 | But soon he is forced by famine to go down to Egypt , and when he is about to cross the border he resorts to a ploy which knocks him straight off any pedestal we might have erected for him . |
| 26 | Soon the carvers were busy and the mound of teacakes began to go down , but not everyone was pleased with what they were given . |
| 27 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 28 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 29 | Almost without being aware of it I 'd progressed from the hesitancy of my first few days there to a strong positive desire to go down to the starting gate : any starting gate , anywhere . |
| 30 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |