Example sentences of "[vb past] down the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ .
2 As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament .
3 Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son
4 He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere .
5 Nicandra pounded down the second flight of the back staircase leading to the ground floor — here one imposing door marked the entrance to the hall , another was the service door into the dining room .
6 I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’
7 I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed .
8 They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence .
9 I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings .
10 When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said .
11 She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together .
12 I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ?
13 Felipe was still having breakfast when Maggie went down the next morning , and it caught her off guard .
14 This regime , however , did not always guarantee a satisfactory result , as in the case of the tower he added to Wroxton church , Oxfordshire ( 1747–8 ) , the top stage of which rapidly collapsed — as Walpole pointedly reported : ‘ Mr Miller … unluckily once in his life happened to think rather of beauty than of the water-tables , and so it fell down the first winter ’ — but that does not seem to have affected his popularity .
15 But what was the nature of the opposition , in particular from the Municipal Alliance , which had in 1900 brought down the first labour council in West Ham ?
16 He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night .
17 She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat .
18 I ran down the next flight of stairs and knocked on Mavis 's door .
19 He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs .
20 She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step .
21 Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked .
22 Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher .
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