Example sentences of "go down [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forget the grinning drummer or the antics of the bass player ( the first to go down to stroppy retaliation ) , this band are a scorched earth antidote to faint hearts and floppy fringes . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're desperate to put that right because we do n't want to go down as one-season wonders . |
| 3 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 4 | Certainly there are some little puffs of pillow-lavas and associated rocks of this age which may represent subduction zones going down under southern Britain , the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge and the Harz on one side and under Armorica and the Vosges On the other . |
| 5 | The sales patter flowed as freely as the corporate wine , but how well was it going down with potential investors … |
| 6 | ROOT SYSTEM : - Roots may be long and slender , going down to great depth and absorbing water from distant sources ; or very shallow rooted and superficial , catching rain water before it evaporates away . |
| 7 | Ah but you 're not the You know I 'm not going down by bloody choice no not by choice . |
| 8 | Once again , tolerance decreased and hostility increased quite markedly with age ; and ( with the exception of " the rather anomalous group who call themselves upper working class " ) the same was true going down in social class scales . |
| 9 | You can go dow go down to local benefit office |
| 10 | He will not however go down in financial history as a great achiever , and it has to be said ( as recorded later in these pages ) that even under his leadership labour relations were far from perfect . |
| 11 | Roy Poynter and Derek Seager both won one , but went down to unbeaten Dave Stenning . |
| 12 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 13 | Despite being buoyed by the attendance of a West German delegation mandated to support the establishment of a supranational federal authority , the federalist argument went down to decisive defeat . |
| 14 | If anyone doubts the dangers to an opposition party of a rush to judgment about what needs to be done after election defeat , they ought to dip into some of the memoirs of the 1959 period , the last time that Labour , while in opposition , hoped and expected they would win , but went down to serious defeat ( in that case , by 100 seats ) . |
| 15 | As Heath went down to electoral defeat in February 1974 , the yellowing of the 1970 Reorganisation of Central Government White Paper was the last thing on people 's mind . |
| 16 | Having chosen confrontation with the unions the Heath government went down to important defeats : the resolution of the miners ' strike by the Wilberforce Report in 1972 ; the official solicitor 's intervention to free the ‘ Pentonville Five ’ in the context of demands for a general strike , after which the Industrial Relations Act was virtually a dead letter . |
| 17 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
| 18 | Besides , the next day I went down with glandular fever . |
| 19 | There was sadness at the absence of Steffi Graf , who had to return home without playing because , within days of recovering from the flu that had disrupted her appearance at the Hopman Cup , she went down with German measles . |
| 20 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |
| 21 | To make our cup full the children and I went down with Asian flu which was prevalent at the time . |
| 22 | Griffiths went down in Welsh history as the first person to be sent off for kicking one of his own players . |
| 23 | His B–17 went down after continual attacks , the fighters still firing into him as he continued to fall , until the aircraft suddenly exploded . |
| 24 | All around , the other Scots lords went down like bowled skittles . |
| 25 | Erm , if you want to know how a advisers are paid , erm you know then I er would explain that under the terms and conditions of er 's business , we 're actually paid erm a salary by , and er I obviou obviously get er you know a car to get about in etcetera , but the , the , when we place business er the er commissions that we get , generate are paid to , they go down to head office in Bournemouth , they 're then used to give us our er our you know returns , advances and what have you . |
| 26 | ‘ If ships go down in shallow water , ’ adds Michael Cohen , ‘ cargoes are damaged by the tides . |
| 27 | Erlich had gone down to New Scotland Yard fast enough to be more than 25 minutes early for his appointment . |
| 28 | But I think we could of gone down to British Home Stores , but we both probably would have spent more , than , |
| 29 | And the number for March had gone down to single figures . |
| 30 | CalMac 's managing director , Colin Paterson , points out that his is possibly the only nationalised industry whose grant has gone down in real terms . |