Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I intend to go down to London . |
| 2 | ‘ I like the freedom of being able to decide , tonight for example , whether I want to stay in the flat or whether I want to go down to Gloucestershire . |
| 3 | now if I want to go down to the sea front well I 'll shall get a taxi and , and sha n't be worrying where me next meals coming from because I 've saved it , so , so that 's , that 's no worry , I was saying to Arthur if we went to Butlins well it would take all we had , because it , we could n't go to Butlins under three hundred pounds for two of us , we could n't go anywhere else , if we go to Blackpool , our , our said to , to , to dad , I , I would like to pop to , er I do n't think we will do because , er , the hassle for your dad , but er , I 'd like to go and see aunty Annie , but I do n't want to go to Nelson to do it |
| 4 | Want to come down to the canteen ? |
| 5 | ‘ Want to get down to business ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We are interested in serious-minded people who want to get down to the ins and outs of driving a steam locomotive — filth , heat , sweat and all . ’ |
| 7 | A lot of the arts fellows think Humphrey 's a bit of a twit and tend to talk down to him . |
| 8 | SCARBOROUGH hope to get down to the problem of tackling their much-maligned McCain Stadium pitch with the appointment of new ground consultants . |
| 9 | Apart form requiring a certain amount of self-discipline from those doing it ( and when the legality of remote logging of work-rate seems doubtful under the health and safety laws for VDU operators ) , the tasks which seem capable of being gone this way seem to boil down to two types : self-contained project assignments ( computer programming , report writing , design ) and batch-related clerical work ( data entry or telesales ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I like to go down to the Albert Dock but I ca n't manage it very well without the scooter . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I like to get down to the sea and talk to the waves , ’ one housewife said to another , on the bus . |
| 12 | I like to get down to London now and again — I 've got friends down here . |
| 13 | We use to have a , have a we use to go down to Shottley . |
| 14 | Certainly it would be very difficult to introduce any statistical rational erm to the desegregation of Greater York to its district components , bearing in mind the small populations er in some of the Greater York er districts , we think that the general level of detail erm in the structure plan is appropriate , and we think to go down to any finer detail would be an inappropriate to a structure plan , and thirdly I think on that issue , er we would think that it would prejudice erm the work that District Council would want to do erm in their er local plans . |
| 15 | Just as the marine terrace represents the abandoned sea floor , so do river terraces represent valley floors abandoned by the rivers as they start to cut down to the new and lower base level . |
| 16 | On occasion there is n't sufficient water available from the stream or the rainwater tub , and I have to go down to the reservoir , which I call the Mississippi , to rinse the washing . |
| 17 | We 'll need another two or three days here , but I have to go down to the mortuary with the body . |
| 18 | We do n't now go on the Saga holidays , simply because they er or solely because you need to go down to Gatwick to catch the planes and we 're not to doing that East Midlands or . |
| 19 | The moon threatens to come out from behind the clouds again and I have to jump down to the paving stones of the patio beneath . |
| 20 | Costs need to come down to about £1.13 before solar power makes an impact on the energy market . |
| 21 | for me meeting with Jim was to say , yes , that 's fine but if at the end of the day we have to train down to a certain level within our group , there 's no way can we afford five man-days of lost fees and fifteen hundred pounds . |
| 22 | We are also told that wage increases have to come down to German levels , and there has been some movement in that direction . |
| 23 | I do n't think there 's any need to talk down to people , but you ca n't assume specialist knowledge . ’ |
| 24 | To lose height pilots have to spiral down to the runway . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , it 's still the case that you have to dress down to be taken seriously . |
| 26 | It is too easy then for children to put off the evil day when they have to get down to work . |
| 27 | Erm Well I think the furniture you have to take down to Ware when I last phoned . |