Example sentences of "down at heel " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole hotel of which this was the Sanctum sanctorum gave an impression of earlier magnificence now a little dusty and down at heel . |
| 2 | ‘ She 'll be scrawny and down at heel , I bet . |
| 3 | In February 1991 , he was offered the manager 's job at Birmingham City , an English Third Division club , who at the time were so down at heel they resembled an inveterate gambler staggering from one bad bet to another . |
| 4 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 5 | Drinkers also complained about the poor state of pub toilets and ‘ down at heel ’ gardens . |
| 6 | THE high-street slump has left Sears looking pretty down at heel , writes Andrew Keenan . |
| 7 | We get down at heel match coverage , slotted into Grandstand . |
| 8 | There was an oily cap on the top shelf of the wardrobe and a pair of much worn and down at heel working boots under the bed . |
| 9 | One or two were down at heel , eroded by the tides of later nineteenth century London life . |
| 10 | — the jug of local white now down at heel , |
| 11 | I think by and large they 're probably running away and do n't want to have much to do with him and they do n't like these people , probably , who use your drop in centre because they might smell a little bit and they might be down at heel and they 're not really people who are going to contribute much to the lives of those other people who are trying to get on and make things better for themselves . |
| 12 | Usually , the valedictions of old-boy poets are addressed to writers just above them on poetry 's wobbly squash ladder — thus Wright addresses his hello-and-goodbyes to C. H. Sissons , David Gascoyne , Charles Causeley ( Do you remember how we met/In the studio of Patrick Swift … ) , and George Barker ( So long it is since first we met , /And in another world , it seems , /Where , out of pocket , down at heels , /Night after night in Rathbone Place … ) |