Example sentences of "down to [noun] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 She remembered that terrible scene with her father , when he forbade her to see Philip again and told her she was going down to Cork till she came to her senses .
2 Responding to foreign criticisms of the heavier sentences handed down to civilians as compared with those passed on soldiers following the massacre [ see pp. 38769 ; 38965 ] , the ABRI spokesman said that the civilians had been convicted of " subversive acts " against the Indonesian authorities , while the soldiers had been found guilty of acting beyond their authority in dealing with the demonstrators .
3 I never used to be able to read good before I went into prison : I used to get into the book and think , ‘ What 's that word ? ’ and then cut the word down to size until I made up what it was .
4 She marvelled even more though when Cara 's basic efficiency surfaced as she declared , ‘ By my calculations you 'll still have time to get down to Dover after you 've dropped me off at the airport . ’
5 Normal prudent accounting principles require that the prepayment should be written down to £20m where it can be seen that it will not be fully recoverable ( see also CA 85 , Sch 4 , para 23 ) .
6 Erm Well I think the furniture you have to take down to Ware when I last phoned .
7 But going for gold these days is more down to money than motivation .
8 But they pop down to London as though it 's down into town but They 're quite near the motorway so it 's useful .
9 That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace .
10 That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace .
11 Under the old two group format it was very much down to luck as to who you were drawn with , the new system is much better , it allows for the odd hiccup , gives an extra dimension to every game and rewards those teams that perform on the day .
12 I was just getting up to go and make my way on down to Greece when I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard a deep voice .
13 Sam crashed his gears down to second as his decrepit car met a slight hill .
14 He wanted to stay in his own place but Jackie and Neville were nearly driven mad running up and down to Letchworth when all that they had to do , Jackie 's full time teaching and Nev is trying to build as many kitchens or build as many doors for millionaires as he possibly can .
15 When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’
16 Lincolns flew with a full bomb load and operated at relatively low levels , sometimes down to 500ft if the weather was unsettled .
17 At higher temperatures ( ca 500°C ) the linewidths and peaks change , which they put down to disorder as some zinc enters the copper particles to form a dilute brass .
18 my daughter travels up and down to Glasgow cos she did n't want to stay , she wanted to be at home ,
19 But investigations into the leaking of sensitive material from Washington had narrowed down to Maclean as chief suspect , and it seems that Burgess was detailed , probably by Philby , who was still in Washington , to warn him and organize his escape , although it does not seem to have been intended that Burgess should go too .
20 Since delivery only required one of us , I 'd undertaken to go down to Fraxilly while Mala stayed with the ship .
21 We 'll have to say sorry Bill you know w send them down to Dave if Dave 's got time to pull 'em in he will do , if not we 'll you know we 'll have to reply negative .
22 It may all come down to Clark if Oakland are to be kept at bay .
23 Newcastle were brought down to earth when Brendan O'Connell earned Barnsley a 1-0 victory .
24 It gets them up through a business meeting and brings them back down to earth when the crisis is passed .
25 Almost dancing on air , Laura had barely come down to earth when she found herself sitting beside him in a small riverside restaurant .
26 This modification will bring the signal output down to earth as you reduce the volume on the guitar and should , hopefully , eliminate your buzz .
27 His leadership is respected by all the rugby nations of the world , but a happy bunch of youngsters from Witham School brought him down to earth as they piled in yesterday at Twickenham .
28 Suddenly , to my embarrassment , my three-year-old daughter brought my right back down to earth as she pointed and said in an extremely loud voice : ‘ Look Mummy , they 're all showing their bottoms ! ’
29 And down to earth though she was , she had to admit there were often some weird parallels .
30 I have gave her the co-ordinates from the Emissary 's message , instructing her to drop down to Underlight as we neared that point .
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