Example sentences of "[v-ing] down to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having anticipated that Nana would be unable to supply gin and Safex , even in an emergency , Mada Joyce had sent her oldest boy loping down to the Chinese store in the lowest village for these essentials . |
| 2 | I could hear their feet on the stairs , then a voice shouting down to the blind man in the road outside : ‘ Pew ! |
| 3 | When , on his final journey to the police station , Raskolnikov kneels down in the middle of the Haymarket and kisses ‘ the earth , the filthy earth ’ ( zemlya ) as Sonya has bidden , it is entirely calculated by Dostoevsky that a tipsy artisan should laugh at the strange young man who ‘ is bowing down to the whole world and is kissing the capital city of St Petersburg and its soil ’ ( grunt , the German Grund ) . |
| 4 | Apply a warm khaki-green on the browbone , rounding down to the outside corner of the eye , and highlight with an orangy glow just under the arch of the eyebrow . |
| 5 | It has over four hectares of terraced gardens leading down to the rocky shore where you can swim in the sea or swimming pool . |
| 6 | The lift leading down to the diving area was only twenty feet away . |
| 7 | She was at the top of the steps leading down to the front door of the Moebius Strip . |
| 8 | He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall . |
| 9 | When he peeped through the gap he could see the big half-pillars supporting the lintel , the rounded stone steps leading down to the paved walkway and the wilderness of garden beyond . |
| 10 | Even her little house was somehow in keeping with this picture , although it was definitely not St John 's Wood and there was no delicate wrought iron balcony with steps leading down to the green garden . |
| 11 | I leant against a chestnut , one of a bib of trees leading down to the Wild Garden . |
| 12 | Across the back of the house was a kitchen , a bathroom and a big breakfast room with steps leading down to the back garden . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | he just do n't like going down to the deep end |
| 15 | I put going down to the English Centre and using the computer |
| 16 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 17 | Going down to the next layer , each of these moves consists of specified acts , as in Figure 6 . |
| 18 | Moving down to the Hellenic League the premier division , another win for Milton ; Bishops Cleve nil , Milton one , our reporter , David Taylor . |
| 19 | Now though we 're staying with football , moving down to the Hellenic League Premier Cup , and a narrow win for Didcot ; just the one goal in it ; Didcot one , Almondsbury nil , our reporter , Ken Coles . |
| 20 | ‘ We 're getting down to the real stuff — mosaics , some wall plaster , animal bones and there are signs of a hypocaust . ’ |
| 21 | The objective is to and something to share before getting down to the real business . |
| 22 | Before getting down to the fine detail of the schedule and of room sizes , the working party first considered a number of basic principles including the desirable size of wards and nursing charges and the basic philosophies of care and treatment which it was felt were most applicable to this group of patients . |
| 23 | Are you coming down to the great burrow ? " |
| 24 | Suddenly the ground fell away before them and they came out on an open plateau with a floor of chequered marble , white on black , and a wide stone staircase with balustrades running down to the dried bed of an ornamental lake , which the mist turned to a bowl of milk . |
| 25 | He says Berliners are now counting down to the historic moment . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Cloth of gold and exquisite tapestries hung on the walls , their fringes reaching down to the wooden panelling . |
| 28 | A democratic constitution , not supported by democratic institutions in detail , but confined to the central government , not only is not political freedom , but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse , carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination . |
| 29 | The river was at high water and with the green tree-clad Severn grounds sweeping down to the high water mark , it was a sight to behold ‘ Best county in the country , ’ said Billy in a matter of fact way . |
| 30 | These show dotted outlines below the major structures at the top of the incline extending down to the original ground . |