Example sentences of "they [was/were] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next thing they were down with the measuring up and we 'd just got a four thousand pound rate bill ! |
| 2 | They were down on the floor , and one side of her face was scorched by Gordon 's mother 's horrible gas-fire , in front of which there was a bowl of tepid water . |
| 3 | Dear , they were down at the Paradise the other night … looks serious . ’ |
| 4 | They were down at Cliff Quay . |
| 5 | They reckon arrests were made down but they were down at Beskett Station and they made a couple inside the ground , but I think they were just people running on the pitch you know , they were over enthusiastic . |
| 6 | At one stage in the game they were down to 11 men , but their shortcomings should not be allowed to detract from Warrington 's impressively positive performance , the home side contributing much that was memorable in a thrilling and thunderously received encounter . |
| 7 | The Socialist Workers ' formation heckle team numbered about five and by the time the egg-throwers had been apprehended , they were down to three . |
| 8 | Now they were down to living on his salary alone , this was an important factor . |
| 9 | The Orkney variety is extinct and the Shetland is critically low in numbers : at one stage they were down to 35 purebred cows and two bulls . |
| 10 | The 1861 census enumerator had caught the family at the height of its expansion ; 10 years later they were down to two children , one of whom would be leaving home very shortly . |
| 11 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 12 | Evening papers still reached 90 per cent of their local households in the early 1960s : by 1980 , they were down to 60 per cent . |
| 13 | When Mrs Thatcher left office , they were down to £455 million and falling fast . |
| 14 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 15 | With only two weeks to go they were down to the cosmetic touches . |
| 16 | There were ten teams competing and they were down as ‘ Hawkwood Comprehensive ’ . |
| 17 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 18 | Yes , they were down by six thousand seven hundred and eighty six pounds . |
| 19 | Besides , they were down by the river now , and she wanted to see the bridge … |
| 20 | They were , they were down from six |
| 21 | No doubt they were down in the cellar sheltering from the bombardment . |
| 22 | They were down in the order book at four and eight pence . |
| 23 | Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road . |
| 24 | If Kirsty had fallen ill once they were down in London she would have been forced to stay there until she 'd recovered — and then she would have been in serious trouble , not only with Jake but with the law as well . |
| 25 | Ah well they were down in the garden we said |