Example sentences of "went down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy Poynter and Derek Seager both won one , but went down to unbeaten Dave Stenning . |
| 2 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 3 | Despite being buoyed by the attendance of a West German delegation mandated to support the establishment of a supranational federal authority , the federalist argument went down to decisive defeat . |
| 4 | York is the main urban island in the county and Mr Conal Gregory 's 147vote hold on the city was effectively written off before the polling booths opened ; he went down to Labour by a thumping 6,342 . |
| 5 | If anyone doubts the dangers to an opposition party of a rush to judgment about what needs to be done after election defeat , they ought to dip into some of the memoirs of the 1959 period , the last time that Labour , while in opposition , hoped and expected they would win , but went down to serious defeat ( in that case , by 100 seats ) . |
| 6 | As Heath went down to electoral defeat in February 1974 , the yellowing of the 1970 Reorganisation of Central Government White Paper was the last thing on people 's mind . |
| 7 | Having chosen confrontation with the unions the Heath government went down to important defeats : the resolution of the miners ' strike by the Wilberforce Report in 1972 ; the official solicitor 's intervention to free the ‘ Pentonville Five ’ in the context of demands for a general strike , after which the Industrial Relations Act was virtually a dead letter . |
| 8 | And I had Avenger estate , and I done the same with that and I got away with it for ages and I what you want a do , I know what you wan na do he erm , I mean that 's that 's really sort of pushing it over the top but he got a great big sheet of polythene , he went down to ready mix and had a load of ready mix in the back of this Avenger estate , brand new he 'd only just got it ! |
| 9 | Besides , the next day I went down with glandular fever . |
| 10 | There was sadness at the absence of Steffi Graf , who had to return home without playing because , within days of recovering from the flu that had disrupted her appearance at the Hopman Cup , she went down with German measles . |
| 11 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |
| 12 | To make our cup full the children and I went down with Asian flu which was prevalent at the time . |
| 13 | Griffiths went down in Welsh history as the first person to be sent off for kicking one of his own players . |
| 14 | His B–17 went down after continual attacks , the fighters still firing into him as he continued to fall , until the aircraft suddenly exploded . |
| 15 | All around , the other Scots lords went down like bowled skittles . |