Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It marked them off from other men and made it difficult for them to settle down to the dull conformity of civilian existence after the war . |
| 2 | John ran his float down to the inside stantion of the old railway bridge . |
| 3 | Mary smiled as she negotiated the three awkward steps down to the sunken floor of the huge kitchen . |
| 4 | I wait by the gate as they pick their way down to the slimy bottom of the dip . |
| 5 | From Harrop Tarn the packhorse route leads on to Blea Tarn ( 1.5 miles ) and then down to the small hamlet of Watendlath ( 2 miles ) , situated at the end of a narrow valley next to a small tarn . |
| 6 | There could be no quicker way than this to appreciate how different things are climatically on the two sides of the mountains , because not only do you exchange cold cloud for sunshine but also the lush greenery of the high valleys to the north for the grass less , stony and , in summer , almost waterless river valley which leads on the Spanish side down to the small town of Bielsa ( a little trippery , inevitably , but a place of some character ) . |
| 7 | The vineyards of Bergères-les-Vertus are largely an extension of the lower slopes of Vertus reaching down to the southern tip of the Côte des Blancs . |
| 8 | ‘ This maritime centre was known to be the cradle of all the cultures and kingdoms that gradually grew down to the southern tip of India and eastwards to Java and other distant lands . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 10 | Whether time permits or not , a detour should be made along the A.881 from Broadford to its terminus at Elgol , there going down to the colourful beach of pebbles and wild flowers and low cliffs : a beautiful foreground to a classic view , the finest in Britain , of the Black Cuillin across the wide waters of Loch Scavaig , a picture that would defeat a Constable or a Turner . |
| 11 | A day to unwind and slow down to the leisurely pace of a Greek Cruise . |
| 12 | but that 's down to the professional expertise of dis departments . |
| 13 | Her dramatic new figure , they say , is all down to the magical properties of the Secrets body she 's seen wearing here . |
| 14 | In part it 's down to the sheer dullness of the directing . |
| 15 | Some put it down to the sheer popularity of the winner Nigel Jones — others to the alleged racism of would-be Tory voters , unwilling to endorse the party 's official candidate , the barrister John Taylor . |
| 16 | He was a final-year student there when he went down to the provincial town of Kecskemet to earn some pocket money by delivering lectures . |
| 17 | at this point here and going right down to the final A of ANNA and the way you can , you can , cos you 're gon na step in mid way now and you assume that the appropriate sociability has set the rapport has been built and you start the role play by saying thanks very much for that , I now wan na talk about whatever your product is , yeah , and then step into role play that way ? |
| 18 | It is perhaps significant , in this opening paragraph , that the sentences move to a peak of length in sentence ( 4 ) , and thence slope down to the final brevity of ( 7 ) . |
| 19 | Once stomachs had settled to life at sea their owners got down to the serious work of filling them with the gargantuan meals offered . |
| 20 | If he 's been largely absent from the small screen for the last two years ( the South Bank Show spoof , Norbert Smith , was a revamp of an old idea ) , that 's because he 's unplugged the phone , taken time out with his two old drinking pals and got down to the serious business of mucking about . |
| 21 | From then on it 's all down to the serious business of sunbathing on the sand interspersed with the occasional trip to one of the beach bars . |
| 22 | Back in Barbados , we got down to the serious business of Christmas . |
| 23 | Some of the journalists had already left ; others had settled down to the serious business of getting drunk . |
| 24 | As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money . |
| 25 | He got down to the serious matter of explaining to the gnomes that the intricate , almost scholarly , Fidchell that the Wolfkings had enjoyed , bore no resemblance to the horrid gruesome version that the Gruagach played . |
| 26 | And , flushed with success , they treated Sam and his mother to a celebratory ride round the block before leaving the pair to get down to the essential business of a trip to the shops for a new plastic seat . |
| 27 | And that meant taking a trip down to the lower end of the Bayswater Road . |
| 28 | The severe drop down to the lower parts of the garden means it is sensible to provide a physical barrier and this has been cleverly achieved with a seat and barbecue that matches the sweep of the terrace itself . |
| 29 | But anyway , this is a very amusing film , but , but the idea of mission control is the concept of the ego , where it is portrayed in a very amusing way in this film by Woody Allen , that the consciousness , Woody Allen 's consciousness , is portrayed as mission control at Houston erm and er erm it , that particular scene ends with er when er control erm mission control sends a message down to the lower parts of the body , I wo n't mention which , says we 're going around again boys , and they think oh my God they 're very amusing . |
| 30 | However , the vendor company may prefer a share sale preceded by an extraction of dividends to depress the value of Target down to the net value of its assets less liabilities . |