Example sentences of "went down to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It went okay went down to four hundred people
2 Roy Poynter and Derek Seager both won one , but went down to unbeaten Dave Stenning .
3 My best dive was when we went down to 18 metres the depth limit for novice divers it was even colder but it was fun the visibility was also low we had to feel our way back .
4 The nitrate went down to 10–15 ppm , which is less than our local tapwater .
5 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 .
6 Well Tasha went down to one or two with Joyce did n't she ?
7 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 .
8 Erm the budget increase is for Social Fund , for years , eighty seven and eight eight was two ninety five thousand , one hundred and ninety , under the new system in the first year it went down to fifty seven thousand one oh seven .
9 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 .
10 Twenty seven lorries today then , Pete and I went down to two o'clock on Monday .
11 At the age of sixteen , cos there was hardly anybody else at the place where I lived so it went down to sixteen year olds .
12 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 ) .
13 We left the manor and went down to that silent tomb of a church .
14 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 .
15 On this occasion , Berlin had a thick cloud cover that went down to 2,000 ft and made accurate bombing impossible .
16 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 .
17 I think I went down to most people to say they ca n't , but when you point out something to them , they say yes I can see that , look there 's this as well and I think culturally er were led to believe if you do n't succeed in it , erm but in actual fact I think that you all do , but perhaps I think the books do , either assess it and give it value or , or still allow it to happen
18 There were calls for the resignation of coach Kevin Ashcroft as Salford went down to another heavy defeat , 36-12 at home to a Bradford side inspired by their Canberra Raider , Ivan Henjak .
19 Do you know the share he bought for ten p each last week went down to three and a half pence each .
20 It went down to forty six , they negotiated things that er reduced it to forty six .
21 It went down to forty four , forty two and now I believe they are on a forty hour week .
22 I went down to seven stone something and I looked hellish . ’
23 then it went down to seven , fifty , now it 's six fifty it looking good a nick in , he 'd be lucky to get five I would have thought is there anyone you want a bit of crystal for ?
24 the second time she had it done and then , they had to remove it because she went down to seven stone
25 Antiochus was used by Thucydides for Sicilian antiquities at the beginning of hi ; book vi , but not for fifth-century history , though he went down to 424 .
26 And I went down to this bird 's down by the library two weeks ago and this same fella came in with a gram and he was like that , giving out big smokes .
27 Rain fell , and the temperature went down to ten degrees Celsius .
28 Neelam : Well first I thought it was twenty something but then I realised it was six ; two take away six ca n't do that … so … um … it went down to ten .
29 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 !
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