Example sentences of "[noun] go down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly there are some little puffs of pillow-lavas and associated rocks of this age which may represent subduction zones going down under southern Britain , the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge and the Harz on one side and under Armorica and the Vosges On the other . |
| 2 | As Heath went down to electoral defeat in February 1974 , the yellowing of the 1970 Reorganisation of Central Government White Paper was the last thing on people 's mind . |
| 3 | His B–17 went down after continual attacks , the fighters still firing into him as he continued to fall , until the aircraft suddenly exploded . |
| 4 | Griffiths went down in Welsh history as the first person to be sent off for kicking one of his own players . |
| 5 | Despite being buoyed by the attendance of a West German delegation mandated to support the establishment of a supranational federal authority , the federalist argument went down to decisive defeat . |
| 6 | Having chosen confrontation with the unions the Heath government went down to important defeats : the resolution of the miners ' strike by the Wilberforce Report in 1972 ; the official solicitor 's intervention to free the ‘ Pentonville Five ’ in the context of demands for a general strike , after which the Industrial Relations Act was virtually a dead letter . |
| 7 | ‘ If ships go down in shallow water , ’ adds Michael Cohen , ‘ cargoes are damaged by the tides . |
| 8 | All around , the other Scots lords went down like bowled skittles . |