Example sentences of "down at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We find customers prefer to sit down at individual desks and discuss their requirements . ’ |
| 2 | This pattern has also had a stitch laddered down at each side which was then picked up , but as before , sometimes the dropped stitches can be left if they do not show . |
| 3 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 4 | Dyson sat pouting and rubbing his hands together , glaring down at various parts of the table . |
| 5 | THE case must be made again for judges to stand down at 70 years of age . |
| 6 | He touched down at Upper Heyford right on schedule at 1.55 a.m. local time , disturbing the sleep of the villagers beneath him as he made his final turn into the approach lights . |
| 7 | But for newcomers it is daunting to stand on the brink of Genghis Khan — one of the runs in China Bowl — and gaze down at unending acres of snow . |
| 8 | David McCathie fought back from 22–12 down at 17 ends and almost pulled off a five on the last which would have secured another point for Essex but Paul Maynard continued his winning momentum to ensure the overall venue win . |
| 9 | Every time his plane touched down at Nice airport and he saw palm trees and tanned porters in white , short-sleeved shirts , Adam enjoyed afresh the glamour of a life where one stepped on to a plane in bleak winter weather and shortly afterwards stepped off in warm sunshine . |
| 10 | And he knows his next clanger will trigger yet another repeat showing — as well as threatening the first-team place he has worked so hard to hold down at table-topping Blackburn . |
| 11 | There were problems with the warrant , and the Legal Attaché was going to be down at New Scotland Yard for the morning , and probably for the afternoon . |
| 12 | I mean if we could get that one down at New Drove what is it , twenty nine ? |
| 13 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 14 | He was chased out over the Adriatic by fighters and was obliged to come down at Tatoi airport near Athens . |
| 15 | He ca n't come down at Kisangani airport because Gog is there with a lot of his guards . |
| 16 | Brian Lara was dropped low down at first slip by Wessels off his first ball from Snell , and Keith Arthurton , in his first Test for three years , survived two slip catches off no-balls and another actual chance in his top score of 59 , filled with 10 exciting on-side boundaries . |
| 17 | He was seen to bend down at two drains near his home . |
| 18 | The pound is up at one dollar , eighty-eight , but down at two marks , eighty-five . |
| 19 | The pound is up at one dollar , fifty-four and down at two marks , fifty-two . |
| 20 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty three and down at two marks , fifty . |
| 21 | The pound is up at one dollar , but down at two marks , forty-nine . |
| 22 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty four and down at two marks , forty nine . |
| 23 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty-four and down at two marks , forty-eight |
| 24 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty-two cents and down at two marks , forty-five . |
| 25 | The pound is up at one dollar , fifty-three but down at two marks , forty-four . |
| 26 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty three and down at two marks , forty two . |
| 27 | The pound is down at one dollar , fifty one and down at two marks , thirty nine . |
| 28 | The pound is up exactly a cent at one dollar , eighty , but down at two marks , eighty-seven . |
| 29 | The pound is up at one dollar , eighty-one but down at two marks , eighty-seven . |
| 30 | The pound is down at one dollar , forty eight and down at two marks , thirty nine . |