Example sentences of "we [vb past] down to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When we got down to the final paragraph , Ms Green says that all this extra work will mean that more staff will be needed , and that she 's asking for money .
2 Back in Barbados , we got down to the serious business of Christmas .
3 We went down to the white-washed infirmary where I made Benjamin stop at the kitchen for rags soaked in vinegar and herbs .
4 We had Liverpool superstar Frank Holden for company as we travelled down to the Twenty Foot river near March .
5 As we sat down to the first of many repetitive meals of salted fish and ground corn , I broached the question of finding a prahu which might carry us as far as Aru .
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