Example sentences of "[verb] go down a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman .
2 ‘ He has gone down a treat with the members , who have a lot of affection for him , ’ he said .
3 ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly .
4 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 .
5 However , there is 5000 tonnes a year of , presumably , both mildly and highly toxic wastes that appears to have gone down a hole somewhere — perhaps literally .
6 No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward .
7 It had gone down a lot though .
8 And then if your blood pressure does go down a bit it does n't matter cos you 're lying down .
9 ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit .
10 Petrol 's gone down a bit .
11 But it 's gone down a lot .
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