Example sentences of "[noun sg] down to the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't tell me Henry did n't plan Stephen 's dash for the throne down to the last detail , because I 'll never believe it . |
| 2 | Examining the Bible down to the last letter |
| 3 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 4 | Once we had got our jobs for the morning we set about then eagerly as everything had to be perfect right down to the last detail . |
| 5 | Loyal to their oath down to the last breath , the 6th Army , under the exemplary leadership of General Field Marshal Paulus , succumbed to the superior force of the enemy and the unfavourable conditions . |
| 6 | I remember when he always used to read out during the service before the sermon the previous week 's collection and it used to consist of the collection last Sunday consisted of one pensioning note , twenty ha'penny half crown pieces , forty florins and he 'd go all through the coinage down to the last ha'penny but erm oh I believe he was , he was er very aristocratic , very aristocratic , but er Father , cos he used to come over our house quite a lot when my mother was on the parochial church council , and er he had a curate that was quite leftish and he got himself on the old Board of Guardians and of course he used to sort of er go into the Labour Club and was quite of er father , he said to old Father one night he said erm he 's a funny chap your curate he said well he , he 's the son of a farm labourer he says and I 'm the son of a country squire and that 's the difference . |
| 7 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |
| 8 | This one is useful for moving from the 5th position down to the 2nd position in A minor . |
| 9 | Each person transmits culture down to the next generation and out through his or her network of relationships . |
| 10 | By measuring the scattering of X-rays by hirudin , when linked to a key blood coagulation factor called thrombin , his team deduced its structure down to the last atom . |
| 11 | They landed on the roof of the Club Eleusis building and took the elevator down to the third floor . |