Example sentences of "down [prep] the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 31 | Comes down to the same thing in the end . |
| 32 | It was an exact copy of the one on her ring , down to the double twist in the bar joining the two upright strokes . |
| 33 | This implies that capital charges will go right down to the departmental level in the budgetary control system . |
| 34 | I could hear their feet on the stairs , then a voice shouting down to the blind man in the road outside : ‘ Pew ! |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | The top of the anticline has been worn away , down to the Millstone Grit in some places and down to the Carboniferous Limestone in others . |
| 37 | This applies notably to cowrie shells which partly for this reason have maintained their status down to the ethnographic present in many parts of the world . |
| 38 | The skeleton of the body took shape and when complete would be lifted on to rollers , rolled along the timber , out through the double doors and down to the waiting chassis in the yard by means of skids . |
| 39 | One day when the sticky buds on the trees were at their plumpest and the sun gleamed a promise of summer , Sylvie took her sketch pad down to the little lake in the clinic grounds . |
| 40 | Volkov scoured the flat clean of their presence , down to the last crumb in the kitchen cupboard and a twist of make-up-stained tissue in the waste basket . |
| 41 | IF THE truth be known , Ian Woosnam would probably just as soon be down at the Golden Lion in Oswestry tomorrow night , having a pint or two with the lads . |
| 42 | Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body . |
| 43 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 44 | Connon stared down at the young man in the picture as if he was looking at a stranger and trying to analyse what made him seem vaguely familiar . |
| 45 | A more erudite musician — or courteous companion — you wo n't meet ; and I shall treasure for aye the memory of his sitting down at the grand piano in the front room of his Edinburgh town-house to demonstrate how two operations to his 95-year-old hands had not impaired his keyboard ability : what he then produced was some of the most sheerly beautiful bach playing I have ever heard . |
| 46 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 47 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 48 | Down at the Green Man in Fownhope , most locals welcome the arrival of the oilmen |
| 49 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 50 | He looked down at the copious notes in front of him and cleared his throat again . |
| 51 | Witcher gaped down at the smoking hob in his chest . |
| 52 | She drew away to the balcony over the lobby , feeling incapable , looking down at the bawling men in dinner jackets far below and the women with stiff hair . |
| 53 | ‘ Yes , I do realise that , ’ she muttered , staring down at the brown liquid in the cup . |
| 54 | Quick glance down at the clear water in the bowl . |
| 55 | Guido ripped free the dangling drunken door like a man putting out of its misery a fatally wounded animal , and looked down at the broken pieces in his hand . |
| 56 | He had , as Dalgliesh knew , grudgingly respected Kate 's ability to look down at the butchered bodies in St Matthew 's vestry and not be sick , but he had n't liked her the better for it . |
| 57 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 58 | ‘ In determining any question as to the meaning or effect of any provision contained in Schedule 4 — ( a ) regard shall be had to any relevant principles laid down by the European Court in connection with Title II of the 1968 Convention and to any relevant decision of that court as to the meaning or effect of any provision of that Title ; … |
| 59 | At first sight this provision might seem to be a contradiction in terms , but some light is cast upon it by the Declaration appended at the end of the Single European Act , which , whatever its legal status may be , states that the conference considered that the provisions of Article 130R(5) ( 2 ) did not affect the principles resulting from the judgment handed down by the European Court in the ERTA case . |
| 60 | As a gesture of friendship Yeltsin returned the " black box " flight data recorder of the Korean airliner KAL-007 , shot down by the Soviet Union in 1983 with the loss of all 269 passengers and crew [ see also p. 39171 ] . |