Example sentences of "go down [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He may however wish to go down to a detailed level , in which a sub-component of the domain is specified as having a fixed or moving relationship to a component or primitive of another domain , such as one " slotted into " the other .
2 It was rather like going down into a horrid , dark , earthy hole , where dull crimson firs burned and where grinning creatures might be peering at you from the shadows .
3 Recriminations over the sound and an equivocal audience response ( some pogoed , most stared blankly on as a repeat offender dove on to dance to ‘ Motown Junk ’ ) sees the set and with the bass ricocheting off the backdrop , the drum kit going down to a repeated kicking and singer James making messy love to his gorgeous white Gibson .
4 NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO just might go down as a memorable year in the history of Britain , if not the rest of the world .
5 This will go down as a crucial staging post in the sport 's history in this country . ’
6 So do they go down as a new intake .
7 This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby .
8 During the following few days a number of people in the bus will go down with a cold and will likely blame the poor soul who was suffering on his journey home .
9 He continued : ‘ With criminal trespass , all they can do is go down on a daily basis and charge people .
10 Five clubs would go down from a reformed league of 14 clubs in the First Division , with the Second Division champions being promoted .
11 Surkov , in a Yale T-shirt , was sitting alone at a table when I went down to a late breakfast .
12 suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley .
13 suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley .
14 However , he went down to a promising Dubliner Noel Higgins of Glasnevin 13–11 .
15 For Labour supporters , 1931 was the election when the party went down to a cataclysmic and catastrophic defeat , betrayed by MacDonald and deserted by its working class supporters …
16 So what happens if you have , just supposing you went down to a crazy way o of means testing .
17 SUNDERLAND caretaker boss Malcolm Crosby was full of praise for his reserve side who went down to a single goal defeat to star-studded Manchester United Reserve side at Roker Park on Wednesday evening .
18 The leaderene went down with a satisfying thump , her spiked coronet falling off .
19 On the third day out , Rachel went down with a high temperature and swellings in the groin .
20 He went down on a loose ball and my boot landed on him .
21 Fl Lt McNally was one of nine members of the RAF crew killed when the plane , went down during a low-level training exercise in the Grampians two weeks ago .
22 All nine members of the crew were killed when their RAF Hercules went down during a treacherous low level flying mission through the Grampians 19 days ago .
23 She 'd expected a steady upward climb , but suddenly the tunnel dipped and steps went down beside a white race of water .
24 They left the deserted house , the old manservant locking the door behind them , and went down into a deserted Cheapside .
25 The sun spangled on the water as it went down into a red wrack of clouds .
26 When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage .
27 He then attacked a third which went down in a vertical dive , apparently into the sea .
28 The Fishguard-based crabber Inspire went down in a calm sea when a huge wave swamped it .
29 A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls .
30 In the winter he had gone down with a slight burst of influenza and anyone would have thought it was the plague .
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