Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam said , frowning , ‘ You ca n't have dived out under the curtain , it goes right down to the river bed . ’ |
| 2 | It believes that unless the final COSE specification is very tight , and goes right down to things like icons and bars , then there is certain to be a wide variety of very different COSE interfaces on the market . |
| 3 | It believes that unless the final COSE specification is very tight , and goes right down to things such as icons and bars , then there is certain to be a wide variety of very different COSE interfaces on the market . |
| 4 | However , at the end of the film , the car driven by Mark ( Sean Connery ) drives right down to the end of the road , and instead of falling into the ( non-existent ) harbour , turns right into a previously unsuspected street or quay along its edge and disappears from view . |
| 5 | From desk bods right down to people in the field . |
| 6 | The resulting upper-plate margin morphology will comprise a broad marginal upwarp which drops abruptly down to a relatively narrow continental shelf . |
| 7 | Past little stands of foxglove in the green foreground before a copse , the floor of the wood swerves sharply down to a fast stream the colour of nickel . |
| 8 | This huge circular chamber has walls which are inlaid with a complete circle of archways , and in the centre of the room is a spiral staircase which leads directly down to the dungeons ( location 69 ) . |
| 9 | And in contrast to other Disney architects , he gets right down to the specification of interiors , controlling the design of carpets , fabrics , furniture , accessories and even restaurant tableware . |
| 10 | When one gets right down to it , I doubt very much whether you 're fit to be called a bad lot . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | From Boscastle the path dips sharply down to Rocky Valley . |
| 14 | Beyond the solitary canal house on the towpath the canal disappears dramatically down to the steep hillside through the ‘ greatest lock staircase in England ’ , as L.T.C. Rolt puts it . |
| 15 | Condom culture extends right down to the kindergarten where games of ‘ Aids tag ’ are now occurring . |
| 16 | It begins with a single central fact , the murder ; it broadens out as suspect after suspect comes into play ; then almost at the last moment it narrows abruptly down to another single fact , the murderer . |
| 17 | When it returns to surface daylight , it flows quietly down to valley level at Ribblehead ; here it adopts the name of River Ribble and turns south on its long journey to Preston and the Irish Sea . |
| 18 | He has had plenty of flirtations with European directors and writers and claims to be a great fan of Louis Malle and Alain Resnais , but when it comes right down to it , he does n't believe that a European sensibility sells tickets at the box office . |
| 19 | Do n't now , when it comes right down to it . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah , it 's like the little ones , they the , the , the , erm , they handle all sorts , and when you comes actually down to seeing it on paper , you ke , it 's alright if they 're just counting it there in the hands and stuff . |