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 . |