Example sentences of "down an [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN INQUEST was opened yesterday into the death of a man killed when a car rolled down an embankment and hit a tree . |
| 2 | The accident happened at about 7:40am when the lorry , travelling towards Stirling , crossed the central reservation and hit the car , which was heading towards Glasgow , before plunging off the motorway and careering down an embankment and landing on the A883 Denny-Falkirk road . |
| 3 | Reaching out for the message pad , she wrote down an address and replaced the receiver . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't forget our date , ’ he reminded her , scribbling down an address and thrusting it into her hand . |
| 5 | Players do not like setting down an instrument that has just become nicely warmed up , and taking up a cold one , unless there is a very good reason for it . |