Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] down to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground . |
| 2 | Like , when they come in here I 'll bring them down to the canteen and let them have Coke and sweets . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll light you down to the gate , ’ said Julian , the candle ready in her hand . |
| 4 | Sister Maria Palmer said , ‘ Tomorrow , I 'll have you down to the dispensary for a thorough check , Colonel . ’ |
| 5 | " Then we 'll get you down to the road . |
| 6 | Just one Peter yes , but we 'll put that down to the going I think , we 'll have to put it down to something , so we 'll put it down to the going . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the evenings , when Kāli brought the cows home , we 'd take it down to the stable to its mother and she would stretch out her nose to it and blow , and the breath would come out as steam in the cold , evening air . |
| 9 | Maybe you 'd walk me down to the Shelbourne for a taxi ? ’ he asked Jack . |
| 10 | " Mum used to send me down to the job centre for jobs . |
| 11 | It was Edna , my nursemaid , who used to take me down to the beach where we lived . |
| 12 | And I used to take it down to the grave yard . |
| 13 | Half-blinded , his lashes and brows coated with a rim of snow , George was disorientated and unable to find a path which would lead him down to the shelter of the valley . |
| 14 | Within the hour they were out into the countryside , following the track which would lead them down to the old Roman road . |
| 15 | She thought the spiral staircase would lead her down to the party . |
| 16 | ‘ I wondered if you would drive me down to the town in the van . ’ |
| 17 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 18 | They are greedy for Humans , the sidh , and if they can once trap you with their music they will carry you down to the caves beneath the sea and steal one of your five senses and tear out your soul . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll hide in the boat and the river will carry it down to the bridge . |
| 20 | ‘ Tomorrow we will take it down to the village church . ’ |
| 21 | You 've got to really get to the right of that red , so can rush it down to the , left of that hoop with the red paint on it . |
| 22 | But behind her is a galley that can burn her down to the waterline , and beside her is Crackbene with a genius for sailing and guns he has hardly used yet . |
| 23 | and we can take them down to the Christmas school fare . |
| 24 | ‘ Then tomorrow , you can take it down to the oven and tell them to put it at the bottom , so it -cooks really slowly , to keep it moist . ’ |
| 25 | Yes , he can continue at that level of a hundred and ninety but he 's obviously going to have to pay more , because he 's only paid for it for ten years , or he can reduce it down to the original amount . |