Example sentences of "down the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it was used to teach such pilots as Flt Sub-Lt Warneford who was awarded a Victoria Cross for shooting down the first Zeppelin . |
| 2 | This regime , however , did not always guarantee a satisfactory result , as in the case of the tower he added to Wroxton church , Oxfordshire ( 1747–8 ) , the top stage of which rapidly collapsed — as Walpole pointedly reported : ‘ Mr Miller … unluckily once in his life happened to think rather of beauty than of the water-tables , and so it fell down the first winter ’ — but that does not seem to have affected his popularity . |
| 3 | I walked down the first fairway in a relaxed and peaceful mood , despite my early departure from my bed . |
| 4 | By trimming down the first act , they kept the pace going , and the second act benefited . |
| 5 | They had slipped down the First Division , losing five consecutive League matches . |
| 6 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 7 | Then take one step backwards again ( to the ‘ a ’ node ) and down the next route forwards ( to the ‘ c ’ node ) , and so on down the first route from each node , until the end of the graph is again reached ( i.e. the complete candidate string ljaclc ) . |
| 8 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 9 | She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step . |
| 10 | Rapidly gulping down the first drink ( or starting on spirits before changing to beer or wine ) may be indicative of craving for the " feel " of alcohol . |
| 11 | Lisa dived in hungrily , spreading butter and honey on a croissant , and reflecting as she washed down the first bite with coffee that it was even more delicious than it looked . |
| 12 | I also tracked down the first lieutenant of the submarine and one of the two soldiers carried on board and they confirmed the killings . |
| 13 | Stephen had turned down the first set of plans out of hand . |
| 14 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 15 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 16 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 18 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 19 | However , when you lay them down the first card is laid on the M of mutus and the second on the m of nomen . |
| 20 | When a popular war hero emerged , like Lt William Leefe Robinson , awarded the VC in 1916 for shooting down the first enemy airship over British soil , the jobbing printers , metal benders and celluloid crimpers worked overtime . |
| 21 | But what was the nature of the opposition , in particular from the Municipal Alliance , which had in 1900 brought down the first labour council in West Ham ? |
| 22 | They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence . |
| 23 | She ran down the first flight of stairs , and then turned and dragged herself back to the flat . |