Example sentences of "down to the [num ord] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 2 | Then we had to ski down to the next lot of lifts which went even higher and when we had mastered that we got on a chairlift which took us right to the top . |
| 3 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 4 | Caroline discovered that Nicolo had not bought too much food , because they finished it all , right down to the last bit of crusty , delicious bread . |
| 5 | After that I replaced everything that may have become contaminated with metal toxins , down to the last grain of sand . |
| 6 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 7 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 8 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |