Example sentences of "[to-vb] down to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it 's time to sit down to breakfast . |
| 2 | In fact , she was quietly grateful for the fact that he chose not to sit down to table with them . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't ask to sit down to dinner with them , I did n't ask to be ridiculed and insulted by dear , delightful Melissa ! ’ |
| 4 | She never managed to meet up with Vivienne and , as there did n't seem to be much happening at Dingwalls , we decided to drive down to Brighton , all of us crammed into the back of the Mini van . |
| 5 | Every time I could get away I used to drive down to New York , where I 'm originally from , and go to the Paradise Garage . ’ |
| 6 | In July 1950 he asked her to drive down to Cambridgeshire and collect his son from boarding school . |
| 7 | She had told him she was unlikely to be in Town again in the foreseeable future , and was sure he was far too busy to have time to drive down to Sussex . |
| 8 | Between then and now there would not have been time for Newley to drive down to Miller 's End , walk to the gazebo , get himself killed and become as cold as he was . |
| 9 | Jenny poured forth a stream of ‘ brilliants ’ ’ and said she was going to drive down to Harwich that evening . |
| 10 | I sha n't see you again — I 'm leaving in a few moments to drive down to Kildare . |
| 11 | He somehow managed to pound down to Kouklia on Chennaa , half by night and half by blazing day , and crossing the island was able to see for himself that it had been a more settled and prosperous year . |
| 12 | Look sharpish , and there 'll still be time to whip down to Rose Morris in London 's Denmark Street on Wednesday Nov 18th to catch an Ovation clinic featuring one of the UK 's best-known sessioneers Ian Aitken . |
| 13 | They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep . |
| 14 | A young reporter , Mary Kenny , was despatched by the diary editor to go down to Clarendon Road , complete with a photographer , and get a story . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | When we were at the flat er I 'm not quite sure , I think the one was a Tuesday and the other was a Sunday , when there was a bus used to go down to Tenby |
| 17 | The easiest way of solving that problem was to go down to Victoria station . |
| 18 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 19 | Erm , cos I 've got to go down to Horley I 've got to go to the bank . |
| 20 | So oft we went , leaving Pop at ‘ Prospect Lodge ’ in Simla ( a holiday home for missionaries ) until he was asked to go down to Poona and look after a soldiers ' club . |
| 21 | ‘ All it needs is for a journalist to go down to Abbotsfield . ’ |
| 22 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |
| 23 | Jim says no , Kath 's asked him if he would like to go but he wanted to go down to Wembley er get yourself away ! |
| 24 | And I do n't think I really expected Feargal to go down to Rosslare ! |
| 25 | Quite a few of us from used to go down to cricket match . |
| 26 | I 've got to go down to graphics |
| 27 | And Simon was invited to go down to London for a chat . |
| 28 | And I intend to go down to London . |
| 29 | He used to go down to Cardiff from London for big games , rarely missing an International unless someone like Hamlet intervened . |
| 30 | but it 's , I , I do n't want to go down to work for hours Chris . |