Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] down [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heroes , the solid men of yeoman virtue , the good breeding stock , even the captain ( especially the captain ! ) — they all went down nobly with the ship ; whereas the cowards , the panickers , the deceivers found reasons for skulking in a lifeboat . |
| 2 | Kathleen , absolute brick to the end , has let me keep my season ticket for London so I 've still been able to pop down there during the day when I feel like it — and the rail staff at Colchester have been quite happy to let me have a break in my journey . |
| 3 | Some hotels will accept dogs , but alternatively , if you have a large travelling cage , your pet may be happy to bed down here in the car , especially if provided with a favourite blanket . |
| 4 | These were first written down maybe in the twelfth century , but now survive , often in a fragmentary state , only in the Icelandic prose sagas of the thirteenth century and later , the most famous of which is Heimskringla , a series of lives of kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson ( d.1241 ) . |
| 5 | If you want the Paris gala to go ahead , you 'd be wise to get down here before the weekend . ’ |
| 6 | The only person that she spoke to on the whole crossing was a young man who fell on top of her as she and he were going down the stairs : he was following her , two steps behind , when the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing and crashed into her , and she too missed her footing , and they both sat down together upon the stairs . |