Example sentences of "he [vb past] down to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He came down to the front door with me . |
| 3 | He walked down to the next floor where two men sat working at desks facing each other . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When they 'd putted out he went down to the 7th tee . |
| 6 | A sense of gloom blanketed his thought as he looked down to the dark water and heard the hiss of it rushing over the invisible weir ahead of him . |
| 7 | ‘ Moje milá , ’ he gently breathed , and , pulling a little away from her , he looked down to the naked swollen pink-tipped breasts he had uncovered . |
| 8 | This growth he put down to the general improvement in bookshop presentation and the wider availability of books in non-traditional outlets . |
| 9 | He pointed down to the messy heap lying on the rock in front of the speeder . |