Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] go down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The valet had gone down on his knees , his head pressed to the floor , his whole body visibly shaking . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Now the sides of the hold and the , the chains used go down , they did n't have wires they had chains go down and with a big ring on the top and then when you 'd the door out , knock the pin out and the door would drop down the mud and cos the ship would come up because she got two side tanks on er a tank each side to bring the ship out of the water . |
| 4 | Just less than half the money created went down that drain . |
| 5 | More current going through , changed the voltage , so it must mean the resistance has gone down . |
| 6 | A bungled job , the gang deserved to go down . |
| 7 | The wind had gone down but the night had turned chilly and she shivered as she hurried towards the hospital gates , which were brightly picked out , as was everything else , by the moonlight . |
| 8 | We 're just taking a bag , we 'll come back for the rest when the wind 's gone down . " |
| 9 | Sadly the opposition have gone down with the flu . |
| 10 | Well I 'm glad you should say that because the bonuses have gone down and that was a |
| 11 | The boat 's gone down and she 's in the river ! ’ they screamed , and ran back to the village for help . |
| 12 | And if the faculty chose to go down the specialist qualification route , he added , it would go some way towards restoring credibility in the auditing profession by ensuring that standards are raised . |
| 13 | The sun had gone down , all my work was done , and I thought I should like an apple . |
| 14 | In this context such formulations have a slightly ambivalent status : " the place where the sun had gone down " ( p. 216 ) or " the water had scooped a bowl out of the rock " ( p. 217 ) are reminiscent of the language of the first part of the novel , but need not , in another context , appear deviant . |
| 15 | It was their talk on the cliff-top as the sun had gone down that had changed it all . |
| 16 | And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo . |
| 17 | As the sun began to go down , I wandered happily through the ruins until I came across a band of Timurid star-vaulting in one of the side chambers . |
| 18 | ‘ It is turning chilly now the sun has gone down ; your baby must n't catch cold . |
| 19 | Once the sun started to go down , we strolled back to Europa through the town , enjoying the lively contrast of the boutiques and cafés to the calm of the Club . |
| 20 | The marriage has gone down well with Rose 's family . |
| 21 | cos the membership has gone down ! |
| 22 | The moon has gone down . |
| 23 | I mean , they should n't want more than seven per cent because the cost of living , you know , the inflation 's gone down , but then when a bloke gets forty five thousand quid , you know eh , on a firm where they 've a , they 've made a profit , but he got an increase of forty five thousand pound which was of , no , no about forty per cent rather , forty per cent increase in his salary , I mean it 's bloody , I mean , how can , how can they expect , you know , the ordinary working man to put up with bloody awful increase , if , if they go and give bosses increases like that , I mean it does n't make sense . |
| 24 | Not for Fergie creeping to her seat with her escort after the lights had gone down and slipping out again just before the final curtain . |
| 25 | And the price has gone down it 's only five pounds if |
| 26 | It was the second time in a fortnight the Glens had gone down to Portadown , but Saturday 's was a much brighter performance than the 3– |
| 27 | When the creditors found that the debtor had to go down to Eastbourne in any event , then the concession was given by the creditors . |
| 28 | When I was there last year it cost only £12 : the rate had gone down due to the Gulf war and the fear of AIDS . |
| 29 | The quality has gone down . |
| 30 | seven ninety nine I do n't know how much the waistcoats have gone down to but they most probably gone down as well to about ten pounds the waistcoats . |