Example sentences of "down the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As O'Grady and Kyle went down the 8th another sudden roar came from the expectant crowd waiting round the 11th . |
| 2 | Three hundred and forty years later , in 1918 , the National Education Association and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools , in the United States , approved the so-called Certain Standards ( named after the chairman of its working party , Carl Caspar Certain ) which laid down the first standard specifications for a secondary school library . |
| 3 | ‘ Boy ’ Mould had served in France with 1 Squadron in 1939/40 , where he had shot down the first German aircraft to be claimed by R.A.F. fighters over the Western Front ; he had over eight victories to his credit at this time . |
| 4 | Come on , come on , he thought , and pictured the three of them plummeting down the last thirty feet into the basement . |
| 5 | I was turned around and frog-marched to the last flight of stairs leading to the foyer , then thrown down the last six steps . |
| 6 | Most damningly , it was the SDLP which brought down the last Labour Government . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 8 | Gerry Fitt with the full support of his party brought down the last Labour government over a decision which greatly enhanced the SDLP 's standing . |
| 9 | I managed to get down the last two words of the preceding paragraph before my stomach over-boiled into my mouth . |
| 10 | The government closed down the last two illegally militia-operated ports on May 15 , thereby taking full control of seaborne trade for the first time in a decade . |
| 11 | Past Bracken Hill beyond Out Brough I looked down at Bainbridge snoozing in the sun before dropping down the last half-mile to the green and the Post Office for something to still the dust . |
| 12 | ‘ Take down the last three torches . ’ |
| 13 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 14 | This caused me to run out of aft trim i.e. I could n't take my hands off — and she did n't feel quite so rock-like and stable coming down the last few hundred feet , but the resulting touchdown was smoother and shorter . |
| 15 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 16 | Hurriedly , she jotted down the last few words , and started back out , but it was too late . |
| 17 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 18 | Write down the next two lines of a pattern of the bottom of the opposite page . |
| 19 | A is A two , write down the next two lines . |