Example sentences of "had [to-vb] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell Anderson said it , knowing that it was hopeless , that Delaney would — had to go down to the engine room . |
| 2 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 3 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 4 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 5 | So majestic were Forest that one had to look down to the programme to make sure it was n't Robertson and Woodcock and McGovern and Gemmill combining in sweet harmony to carve open Leeds . |
| 6 | So we just had to pop down to the Castle in Chiddingstone for a pint or two . |
| 7 | Now what was required then was that although the job was in a rush , the management had to telephone down to the Admiralty in Bath to get the appropriate sanction you know , to , to accept the cylinder with the er bigger gauge bore . |