Example sentences of "down to the bare " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sweetman turned a furious smeared face at us , then drove his garish boat hard at Wavebreaker 's hull to gouge a long scratch down to the bare metal . |
| 2 | Now , she was stripped down to the bare essentials of her person , trying to deal with her knowledge . |
| 3 | So it pays to cut it down to the bare essentials — the minimum you feel is necessary . |
| 4 | Getting down to the bare bones : There was nothing but a skeleton staff to assist him when Brian Chappill , marketing manager , Midlands West & Wales , handed over a Wimpey Construction UK cheque for £l , 000 to Linda Edwards of Bath-based charity the National Osteoporosis Society . |
| 5 | It was a relic from the great days of the docks , and had kept the feel of a sailors ' and a stevedores ' drinking hole , right down to the bare brick walls and flagstones . |
| 6 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 7 | THE number of empty council houses in Middlesbrough is being kept down to the bare minimum in an attempt to ease the town 's homes crisis . |
| 8 | ‘ We have been down to the bare bones before . |
| 9 | Saturday night socialising is down to the bare minimum since the children arrived . |
| 10 | I went that 's nice and they , and they were going erm er yeah down to the bare , bare essentials , I went oh yes what 's that erm T-shirt ? |