Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb past] [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying under that police car just now , he knew he had gone down about as far as he could go , had expected to be caught , done for . |
| 2 | ‘ So you are saying plainly , ’ said Earl Robert , attentive and still , ‘ that there were two murderers , at least in intent , and this wretched brother , once he knew he had struck down the wrong man , had no reason in the world to wish him further harm . ’ |
| 3 | Honeybeer Mead fell at the seventh , where Omerta was pulled up because jockey Lorcan Wyer feared he had broken down . |
| 4 | Victorine said he had run down , like a watch . |
| 5 | Several people who attended have reported a fierce clash between Mr Gorbachev and hard-liners and some said he offered to step down . |