Example sentences of "[to-vb] down [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
| 2 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 3 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 4 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 5 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |