Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted only to go down to the summer-house and watch the leaves falling until night fell with them . |
| 2 | We got in to drive down to the medina . |
| 3 | ‘ If you 'd be kind enough to come down to the front door , I 'll explain everything . ’ |
| 4 | When she was in her room , when The Bar was closed , she had a recurring fantasy in which Boy 's black hair was long enough to reach down to his waist . |
| 5 | You stand a better chance if you put something with the Sunday and even then that might not be completely enough to reach down to the crevices , but I think some method , and that 's why I suggested surgeries actually , was that we have to talk regularly to people face to face and once you 're in a room with people then it goes , does n't it ? |
| 6 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |
| 7 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 8 | Really easy , so we 'll get do I , quickly really quickly to get down to it . |
| 9 | But genuine co-operation between colonies seems always to boil down to pure parasitism . |
| 10 | ‘ In that case I must ask you both to come down to the station with me . |
| 11 | The south east ridge leads down into a bowl of porridge-like peat , so I bore off eastwards , still rough enough , into the paring wind , crossing the Allt an t-Strathain Mhoir high up to drop down to the church . |
| 12 | 1 am keen now to get down to work . |
| 13 | Mr. Belville is after to come to town to settle matters and then to go down to her where they are to live as man and wife . |
| 14 | I stopped wearing Tampax ( cotton wool pricks ) , and I stopped eating meat in case the chunk of sizzling corpse I was about to sit down to had come from a male animal . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not about to sit down to a meal with you , ’ she said bitingly , ‘ Nor am I — ’ |
| 16 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 17 | The problem of interpretation is compounded in considering MPs occupation and interests ; it was not unusual for a young man from a landed family to be called to the Bar ( but not to practice ) , to serve in the armed forces ( but not to become a professional soldier ) , and then to settle down to a political career with several directorships . |
| 18 | The Wisharts were about to settle down to their reading when the corridor door slid open and an elderly lady eased her way into the compartment ; the newcomer was wearing a striking black silk dress and black hat which were very reminiscent of the Victorian age . |