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 . |