Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not sat down to breakfast , preferring to eat a handful of dry Puffkins while she sought her shoes , nor did she utter any words of affectionate farewell , not being one for dissimulation . |
| 2 | In this she stated her belief that colour was not tied down to form but instead floated free , and that research into the nature of colour would lead to questions ‘ about being itself ’ . |
| 3 | She was idolised and soon settled down to life with a British family . |
| 4 | On 4 May 1987 a bank holiday Monday , we had just settled down to lunch before watching A Man for all Seasons . |
| 5 | My initial perceptions of a college of further education might have begun on a lofty plane , but I was soon brought down to earth with a bump . |
| 6 | Divided up into three groupings , the A , B , and C special constabularies , according to diminishing power , responsibility , and time commitment , the force was soon cut down to class B only and these came to be known as the ‘ B Specials ’ , a thoroughly armed , militant , semi-private , and sectarian army . |
| 7 | She was not sick in the mornings and when occasionally nausea swept over her it was easily put down to fatigue , or to something she had eaten . |
| 8 | There is , however , a worrying trend that is perhaps best put down to enthusiasm . |
| 9 | Ammonia is the toxic waste produced by the fish and this is initially bacterially broken down to nitrite in your filtration system . |
| 10 | It 's usually put down to practice ! |
| 11 | But they stayed the longest in Baldersdale , apart from me of course , and eventually retired down to Hunderthwaite , down near the main road . |
| 12 | The PC magazine market needs a reasonably priced down to earth mag so I hope your circulation goes from strength to strength but on present showing there 's a lot to do to get it right , Andrew H. |
| 13 | ‘ I was very happy when I learned I had got a place at Oxford and my mum still has n't come down to earth yet . |
| 14 | Since it can also be catalytically broken down to carbon monoxide and hydrogen , it is also a convenient and easily transportable source of syn-gas . |
| 15 | Since it can also be catalytically broken down to carbon monoxide and hydrogen , it is also a convenient and easily transportable source of syn-gas . |
| 16 | Almost dancing on air , Laura had barely come down to earth when she found herself sitting beside him in a small riverside restaurant . |
| 17 | And all of them were astonished that the most glamorous member of the Royal Family could be so suddenly and publicly brought down to earth . |