Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [verb] down at " in BNC.
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1 | Pay in the professional grade of the civil service is better at starting than in the administrative grade , and it is only one step down at the top . |
2 | But by the close of business , with the Chancellor still speaking , it was just 3.1 points down at 2919.3 . |
3 | By the close , the index was just 4.5 points down at 2,277.1 . |
4 | It was always easier to wind down at home , in any case . |
5 | So , after choked phone calls back to Liverpool , I was mightily relieved to touch down at Manchester Airport . |
6 | She was too angry to run down at once to Electricity , had to calm herself by walking briskly around the streets , postponing thoughts about her father till later . |