Example sentences of "[coord] went down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | We left the manor and went down to that silent tomb of a church . |
2 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
3 | For his part in the crime he was sentenced to ten years and went down with thirteen other accomplices for a total of fifty five years and £675,000 in fines . |
4 | Joe placed the bowl of water on the linoleum floor , took the discarded flannel from the bedside table and went down on one knee to apply treatment . |
5 | Roy Poynter and Derek Seager both won one , but went down to unbeaten Dave Stenning . |
6 | If anyone doubts the dangers to an opposition party of a rush to judgment about what needs to be done after election defeat , they ought to dip into some of the memoirs of the 1959 period , the last time that Labour , while in opposition , hoped and expected they would win , but went down to serious defeat ( in that case , by 100 seats ) . |