Example sentences of "[adv] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | More down to earth are essays on predicting the economy by Frank Hahn and the frontiers of medicine by Ian Kennedy . |
| 32 | Here is a more down to earth example than the ones suggested above : the drama is set in contemporary Britain , in a small rural area by the coast . |
| 33 | But after a lifetime working for God , a vicar 's cv does n't offer much to more down to earth employers . |
| 34 | Certainly there is much of interest here as the exhibition runs the whole gamut with further wide-ranging , bird 's eye views through more down to earth transcriptions to a couple of urban scenes . |
| 35 | So I stormed off down to reception . |
| 36 | AMIDST THE wild-ish scenes , L7 are delightfully down to earth . |
| 37 | They are still down to earth but holy as well . |
| 38 | He was always down to earth and had very little imagination . |
| 39 | Still undecided , we breakfasted early and , having packed our walking gear into the Citroën ( though with up to 64 cubic feet of space accessed through a hatch that opens practically down to ankle level , packing is hardly the word ) , we drove off . |
| 40 | Still undecided , we breakfasted early and , having packed our walking gear into the Citroën ( though with up to 64 cubic feet of space accessed through a hatch that opens practically down to ankle level , packing is hardly the word ) , we drove off . |
| 41 | While all this is going on , far away to the north the volunteers of the Royal Engineers have arrived and are getting straight down to work . |
| 42 | On this occasion , we got straight down to business . |
| 43 | It was straight down to business here . |
| 44 | I just took the lift straight down to reception and went home . ’ |
| 45 | First courses are probably down to vegetable soup or corn-on-the-cob without salt or butter . |
| 46 | But she insisted that Elizabeth Bowen was also down to earth : |
| 47 | He was often down to earth in that way . |
| 48 | They have 342ha ( 800 acres ) of arable , mainly down to wheat , barley , sugar beet , linseed , maize and rye , as well as a 120 head dairy herd . |
| 49 | as I say Pam and her husband are going back down to villa erm in June I mean Val wants me and Rudy to go down to the villa , they 're going from July to the end of September this , this year , probably for longer , but erm |
| 50 | ‘ You 've certainly managed to cut my ego back down to size . |
| 51 | And I went back down to bed and I got up again at five , went back there then the baby wake up at seven so I come up and stayed up . |
| 52 | It just brings it all back down to money . |
| 53 | I mean , if I 'd have been , If I 'd have know I could of coming back down cos Bill came back down to work Tuesday |
| 54 | He almost lost his balance and tipped the chair over as he scrambled back down to floor level with it . |
| 55 | McCrory , 28 , quit to the ring after being knocked out in two rounds by Lewis 21 months ago but trimmed back down to cruiser and felt strong enough to make a comeback . |
| 56 | She wanted to postpone any thoughts of coming back down to reality for as long as possible . |
| 57 | Then it was back down to ground level to celebrate over a bottle of champagne with Zoe 's mum , Pat , and husband Joe . |
| 58 | Take Mr Hunter back down to Reception — ’ But the tip seemed to have produced as effective a deafness as if it had been crammed in the girl 's ears , and the door slammed shut behind her . |
| 59 | Bring arms back down to side on the out-breath ( steps 4–6 ) . |
| 60 | He wanted to get back down to ground-level . |