Example sentences of "[noun sg] go down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , talent going down the drain . |
| 2 | Then I heard the front door close and the sound of his car going down the road . |
| 3 | At dawn she was woken briefly by the sound of the sports car going down the drive . |
| 4 | If they can achieve that , and get it patented , all your hard work goes down the drain . |
| 5 | ‘ All those cosy pictures of the family around the fire , all that stiff upper lip during the war — and now she is determined not to see all her work go down the drain . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain . ’ |
| 7 | You 'd have to have a sensor going down the corridor and one in the back because they 'd come in the back , they would n't come through the |
| 8 | ‘ It is time ministers took steps to stop this public money going down the drain . ’ |
| 9 | The Renault five turbo going down the road and had a crash and it split in two did n't it ? |
| 10 | Less excavation is needed when the flight goes down the side of a bank |
| 11 | Moors conservation goes down the drain |
| 12 | The old milkman going down the road reading the paper is n't he ? |
| 13 | If I said to you , ‘ I saw a chair going down the road yesterday and … ’ you would interrupt and say , ‘ That belongs to Mr So-and-So , 316 Carphalute Quadrant North , Lesmahagow , AND his dog has the croup , and last year he lost his … ‘ ’ |
| 14 | There 's a funeral procession going down the road with hundreds of people following the hearse . |
| 15 | There 's a funeral procession going down the road with hundreds of people following the hearse . |
| 16 | The signalman went down the steps to search for signs of the visitor but there was no one about . |
| 17 | Before slack tide the police launch went down the river , stopping at every boat to give fair warning . |
| 18 | There are fears of family life going down the drain , as staff may get only two complete weekends off in seven . |
| 19 | you see them like from the front going beep beep beep right , this line goes down the middle |
| 20 | Of course every now and again the hand goes down the side a hand goes down and up comes the sweets and it 's continuous . |
| 21 | I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks . |