Example sentences of "[vb pp] down to his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was strapped down to his bed and as Irina stood watching him he stirred , the eyelids fluttered open for a second and then closed tight . |
| 2 | He turned out to be an elderly ex-colonel , who was tracked down to his retirement home in Surrey . |
| 3 | He knew the sentences that had been handed down to his associates . |
| 4 | At the time he expected to touch down the aircraft suddenly ‘ pulled down to his left ’ , he felt the back of the aircraft buckle and was aware of debris coming through the canopy . |
| 5 | Perhaps conscious that he had gained a megaphone reputation , Meacher had settled down to his own social security review . |
| 6 | Trench had settled down to his book again . |
| 7 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 8 | He had tried to hide his fears from his poor wife and gone down to his warehouse where another message had been awaiting him : he was not to return home , the short letter instructed , but to go to the House of the Crutched Friars where his anxieties would be resolved . |
| 9 | Astor retained the Observer , which was subsequently passed down to his son Waldorf . |
| 10 | This was put down to his experiences in Vienna and the intense strain of his life after leaving school . |
| 11 | A major part of his success — besides making a good detector — can be put down to his own strength of character , and a deep and lasting commitment to the Christian ethic . |