Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 2 | I want you to drive me down to the railway station in about half an hour . ’ |
| 3 | Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground . |
| 4 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 5 | Allow the applied force gradually to separate your knees , driving them down to the mat . |
| 6 | bows you down to the ground , bows you weeping |
| 7 | Race you down to the nursery slopes ! ’ |
| 8 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
| 9 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
| 10 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |
| 11 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 12 | I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry . |
| 13 | And on the ones cos they were trying to s screw us down to the floor and on the popular metric where they I knew they were gon na they could find better suppliers , I was only about two per cent on some of those . |
| 14 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 15 | The last recommendation was seized upon by critics who calculate that storing the most frequently-used books high up in the four towers will create a considerable time delay in transporting them down to the reading areas . |
| 16 | For this take young supple stems and bend them down to the soil . |
| 17 | Like , when they come in here I 'll bring them down to the canteen and let them have Coke and sweets . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll light you down to the gate , ’ said Julian , the candle ready in her hand . |
| 19 | Do you bring everything down to the level of sexual innuendo ? ’ |
| 20 | Are you saying that we bundled him down to the waterside and had him hanged ? |
| 21 | The strange , wild feeling that usually drove her down to the sea was beginning to thump in her bosom . |
| 22 | You tape her mouth then you walk her down to the kitchen and down into the cellar . |
| 23 | Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous . |
| 24 | I put it down to the necessity for him to exhibit his physical superiority from time to time , in order to maintain his ‘ throne ’ and his following of stooges . |
| 25 | Put it down to the wine ! |
| 26 | You argue with one another and put it down to the fact that people who are prejudiced are ignorant . |
| 27 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |
| 28 | Insiders put it down to the pressure of competing for six and seven figure salaries . |
| 29 | ‘ Put it down to the movement of the ship . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll hide in the boat and the river will carry it down to the bridge . |