Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach . |
| 2 | Louisa arrived in time to hear this and to see , a moment later , the tears start to Frere 's eyes , then she was down beside the unconscious woman , holding her head . |
| 3 | We were down at the main road . |
| 4 | Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine . |
| 5 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 6 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 7 | With only two weeks to go they were down to the cosmetic touches . |
| 8 | Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road . |
| 9 | She said well it was down to the last two she said , I had a choice between a red and green cushion or a fitness test . |
| 10 | Yes , after the morning paper it was down to the local market , er one hour with the butcher , a butcher , chappie named Welsh , two stall he had . |
| 11 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 12 | It was down by the old meat-packing warehouses . |