Example sentences of "down [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had let him down badly on some occasions , but , on balance , nobody could deny that it had served him extremely well . |
| 2 | Osaka , Japan-based Seiko Epson Co has started a new made-to-order personal computer business in the US : it will custom-build machines to customer specifications at a factory in Indiana , but production of high-grade machines at the Portland , Oregon , factory will be scaled down gradually from some 2,000 a month because of the weight of competition in the US market . |
| 3 | I do n't know what the guards thought when they looked through the closed-circuit television that was always trained on us here and saw three men , heads motionless , looking down fixedly at some spot on the ground , making curious , swinging arm movements . |
| 4 | That may go down well with some Euro-sceptics among Conservative Members , but it infuriates our partners and reduces our influence in the Community , as I know only too well . |
| 5 | In the Republican 1980s , when the spending of government money on industrial research and development was not in favour , such appeals to crypto-industrial policy went down well in some quarters . |
| 6 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |