Example sentences of "down on the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was burned down on the second anniversary of the Falklands War . |
| 2 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |
| 3 | Kolchinsky sat down on the second chair and handed Philpott a brown packet . |
| 4 | There was a lot of noise ; people were getting bets down on the first pair . |
| 5 | But it 's basically down on the down on the first floor , we 've set aside a a room which erm the people from the Occupational Health Centre here in Harlow , come up and do vision screening for us on a regular basis they come when do they come ? |
| 6 | The balance in Japan is also healthily positive , at 54% , only slightly down on the first quarter of the year . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The court ruling was handed down on the 21st anniversary of the first day of the police siege of Red Army commandos at a hotel on Mount Asama , north of Tokyo . |
| 9 | The Ulster Unionists ended up with 197 seats , but their share of the vote — 29.1pc , was 2pc down on the last council election . |
| 10 | Although the Christian Democrats ( CD ) , who had controlled the city council since the end of the Second World War , won only 94 fewer votes than the League — translating as 24.3 per cent of the vote and 7.6 per cent down on the last elections — the Brescia poll was widely interpreted as signalling a disillusionment among voters with existing electoral options . |
| 11 | He sat down on the next stool . |