Example sentences of "they [vb past] down [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | they came down with a lot o little bottles and they filled all them bottles up with the mud and they took 'em away and anal analyzed 'em and proved that it was erm human manure you see . |
| 2 | They dropped down into a chamber , the roof of which must have been seven or eight feet high , and where the air seemed quite fresh . |
| 3 | They settled down for a long siege and so did the outside world . |
| 4 | They settled down to a tour de force , delivered with the power of Concorde on full throttle . |
| 5 | They settled down to a discussion of their problems , and the work they had in front of them . |
| 6 | They squatted down on a narrow ice ledge . |
| 7 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 8 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 9 | He collided with the Guardsmen , and they went down in a tangle . |
| 10 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 11 | As they searched , they wrote down in a notebook details of all the things they found . |
| 12 | They sat down for a meal with the missionaries , fully appreciating the significance of their actions . |
| 13 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I hope we are going to find a bit more life than this , ’ grunted Billy , as they sat down at a table near the gas fire . |
| 15 | They sat down with a glass each before making the final assault on the stacking of the dishwasher ready for Mrs Thrigg in the morning . |
| 16 | So they sat down on a big , flat , comfortable stone in the grass . |
| 17 | Pale and shaking , they sat down to a muted conversation about where the day 's campaign would be fought . |
| 18 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |
| 19 | By the time they sat down to a light but elegant dinner , a warm rapport had grown between the two women . |