Example sentences of "and down [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Gloucester do n't believe in doing things the easy way … funny thing is they play better when they 're up against it … so this game was ideal … they were losing and down to fourteen men when Pete Jones was sent off mid way through the first half for stamping …
2 Behind , away from home and down to 14 men , Kelso ought to have been down and out , but Jeffrey rallied his men in typical fashion and the visiting pack dominated the first 25 minutes of the second half .
3 More favoured here was the use of promissory notes and bills of exchange in large volume and down to low denominations .
4 Are the doorways wide enough for a wheelchair , can you go easily from one room to another , is the floor level throughout the flat , or are there steps up and down to various rooms ?
5 The story is told of two top executives from different agencies who would wave to each other , one from his chauffeur driven Jaguar and the other from his Porsche , as they passed on the M4 when buzzing up and down to important clients .
6 The pound is up at one dollar , fifty-four and down at two marks , fifty-two .
7 The pound is down at one dollar , fifty three and down at two marks , fifty .
8 The pound is down at one dollar , fifty four and down at two marks , forty nine .
9 The pound is down at one dollar , fifty-four and down at two marks , forty-eight
10 The pound is down at one dollar , fifty-two cents and down at two marks , forty-five .
11 The pound is down at one dollar , fifty three and down at two marks , forty two .
12 The pound is down at one dollar , fifty one and down at two marks , thirty nine .
13 The pound is down at one dollar , forty eight and down at two marks , thirty nine .
14 The pound is down at one dollar , forty five and down at two marks , thirty seven .
15 The pound is down at one dollar , forty four and down at two marks , thirty seven .
16 The pound is up at one dollar , eighty and down at two marks , eighty-seven .
17 It 's been another hard day for the pound , it closed down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six .
18 The pound is up at one dollar , eighty , and down at two marks , eighty-seven .
19 The pound is up at one dollar , eighty-two and down at two marks , eighty-seven .
20 The pound is down at one dollar , forty-four and down at two marks , thirty-eight .
21 The pound fell heavily on the foreign exchanges to close down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six .
22 The pound is down at one dollar , eighty-two , and down at two marks eighty-six .
23 The pound is down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six
24 The pound is down two cents at one dollar eighty , and down at two marks eighty-six .
25 The pound is down at one dollar , forty-two and down at two marks , thirty-five .
26 The pound is down at one dollar seventy-eight , and down at two marks , eighty-seven .
27 The pound is unchanged against the dollar at one dollar , forty-two and down at two marks , thirty-five .
28 The pound is down at one dollar , forty-four and down at two marks , thirty-four .
29 The pound is up at one dollar , seventy-six and down at two marks , eighty-eight .
30 The pound is down at one dollar , seventy-five and down at two marks , eighty-nine .
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