Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road . |
| 2 | If a mistake was made , it was lifting ‘ Suffer Little Children ’ on to the back of the single , a decision which was entirely down to the band . |
| 3 | ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! |
| 4 | Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale . |
| 5 | Deep in my stomach the whirling pits started a few trial revolutions and it was n't down to the meat pie I 'd had . |
| 6 | Sid explains : ‘ At times he was really down in the dumps . |