Example sentences of "[adv] down [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 From the filament in the fog lamps right down to the washers on the wipers .
2 It may in part be a function of the teacher 's own practices , and when this is so an analysis of his or her use of time , from the broad organizational strategies right down to the minutiae of moment-to-moment interactions with the children , could help both in creating more time and in making for a more effective and efficient context for learning .
3 right down to the tips of your fingers .
4 But that aside , it 's pretty much ideal preparation for the marathon , right down to the drinks on offer .
5 Since Stevenson 's now owned Sir George right down to the buttons on his shirt , she thought that most generous .
6 They 'd put a terrible strain on the council : if they all wakened up , right down through the layers of time , there 'd be cavemen mouthing mindless questions in the barren , gameless desert of streets and traffic , and it would be the end of the world .
7 We sat right down by the ashes of a fire , and I looked at them , and I did n't wonder who could have made them .
8 It you are constantly down in the dumps over the price of fleecewear then this may be the answer to your prayers .
9 Now in the inside of that it opens out , there 's an opening in the bone and that leads down among other things into a tube down here , now that is connected up further down to the sinuses across
10 Although marketing is done centrally , the success of a franchise is also down to the efforts of the franchisee in drumming up business .
11 The trustie looked away , far down to the recesses of the hut .
12 Its fossils have been investigated by cutting them into thin slices , a technique that has revealed a great deal about its anatomy , even down to the details of the structure of its blood vessels .
13 Instead she took the money from her mother and walked sedately down to the shops with Carla , playing with her and making her laugh .
14 In practical terms , this means that when a yellow-hot lava is first emitted , it can flow at a rate of many kilometres an hour , but lower down on the flanks of the volcano , when it is cooler , it slows to the speed of a run , and then of a fast walk .
15 And then Cassie felt a vibration which started deep down in the foundations of Rose Cottage and ran vertically through its structure , up to the very roof itself .
16 From the pastoral comforts of the Plateau de Bénou , the road twists abruptly down past the villages of Bilhères and of Bielle , another valley ‘ capital ’ this , with some fine fifteenth-and sixteenth-century house fronts , but particularly commendable as a slated roofs cape seen from higher up the road — this is Béarn , and grey slates arc what you expect on roofs , no longer Basque tiles .
17 He turned his head away , pressed forehead and eyes hard down into the covers of Fanny Hill .
18 Off then down to the bakers for another chat with the ladies .
19 To help the casualty get the tow rope aboard the lifeboat was manoeuvred ahead , and then down across the bows of the yacht .
20 They get tight down to the bones of things .
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