Example sentences of "go [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unless the bank see new management , Virginia , the company your grandparents established is rapidly going to go down the pan — ’
2 Yes I am the outcome of it all is that she 's waiting on the wall , getting piles and I 'm going to go down the shop with her .
3 Novotna had looked well in control , always seeming to guess correctly whether Seles was going to hit down the line or cross-court .
4 Yes yes Are you going to slacken down the dancing a bit when she 's in secondary school ?
5 ‘ We are very worried someone is going to fall down the cliff or slip off the ship and break something .
6 However hard it is , however cosy you are in your chair , you must just say , ‘ I 'm going to stretch my legs ’ or ‘ I 'm going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it ! . ’
7 The wedding was off , because no way was she going to walk down the aisle looking like an eejit !
8 I thought we were going to walk down the line of men , touch them on the shoulder maybe , like some cop programme on TV , but that was n't it at all .
9 Balor was going to let down the drawbridge so that they could ride across it .
10 For a moment Merrill thought that Luke was going to turn down the idea , but Sam persisted , ‘ After all , there 's no harm in combining business with sightseeing , is there ? ’
11 ‘ Her singing tonight is going to bring down the chandelier ! ’
12 She touched Midnight 's shoulder and said in his ear : ‘ I 'll not desert thee , ’ then stood up and went to climb down the ladder .
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