Example sentences of "down [prep] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | talking about Turkey — Norway 's world cup team went 2–1 down for Turkey last night and so they deserved . |
| 2 | Although they appear to have stabilised , we do not expect those markets to settle down until Spring next year particularly with the impact of a weak dollar . |
| 3 | The final payment to shareholders is being cut from 4.25p to 2.1p , to make a total of 4.2p for the year , down from 6.35p last time . |
| 4 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG reported figures a day after its parent last week , showing losses for the year to September 30 equivalent to $321m , down from $489m last time . |
| 5 | The guide found pub price rises this year were running at just over 6% , down from 16% last year . |
| 6 | The pre-tax loss was £2.1m , down from £3.8m last time . |
| 7 | These now stand at 563m ( for the year to February 1992 ) , down from 568m last year and 583m in 1990–91 . |
| 8 | And all Mr Clinton 's supporters look nervous when reminded that California 's Proposition 166 , which tried to make firms pay for health-insurance for all their employees , was shot down in flames last November on the grounds that it would destroy jobs . |
| 9 | Somehow , though , she managed to keep her head , ‘ Of course , ’ she replied , but quickly followed up , ‘ Though I always prefer to write my work down in longhand first . ’ |
| 10 | Provided Shell were willing , we probably would go ahead next year , although the question you could ask is , having helped a group of thirty six kids in Sussex this year , should n't Shell , if they were going to run these master classes , help a group of kids in Westmorland next year , rather than another group down in Sussex next year . |
| 11 | Swindon ’ s hopes of an FA cup run came crashing down in London last night … |
| 12 | He had a knee operation last month , but broke down in training last week and was sent to see top Cambridge specialist , David Dandy . |
| 13 | A lump sum down on May 22nd and then fifty pounds a week . |
| 14 | Just a week before stepping down on May 27th , his camp put out a proposal for radical tax changes in the city . |
| 15 | WHEN Eastern Air Lines , which had flapped along in chapter 11 bankruptcy for nearly two years , finally shut down on January 18th , one of the concerned onlookers was Pan Am 's boss , Tom Plaskett . |
| 16 | Take the car down to Dover first thing on Friday morning , then head off into France . |
| 17 | ‘ Because though I stayed in Earls Court the first night , I popped down to Deptford last night . ’ |
| 18 | Jane 's family went away to stay with friends before moving day and she travelled down to Suffolk first to make the place habitable . |
| 19 | when we down to London last week , we went in to see a friend of ours , she works in the sandwich bar |
| 20 | WHEN HE CAME down to breakfast next morning Wycliffe found the hall full of suitcases ; the conference was breaking up . |
| 21 | THE politicians have now mounted the campaign trail in earnest with the days rapidly whittling down to April 9th . |
| 22 | Well we wish you luck , I 'm sure the whole of Bicester will emigrate down to Marlow next Saturday . |
| 23 | Carolyn came down to tea next day . |
| 24 | The shares closed 22 down at 830p last night on the back of the Wall Street slide . |
| 25 | Production closed down at Ford last night for the Christmas period . |
| 26 | So , when the trade barriers come down across Europe next year , what will be the implications for our fashion industry ? |