Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] down to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the dead of night I crept down to the breakfast room , the nerve centre . |
| 2 | When I got down to the park , the combination of the cold and my long sleep that afternoon made me feel too restless to contemplate actually going to sleep again , so I just sat there on one of the benches , thinking . |
| 3 | Father got a bit worked up about this , but it was above my head until I got down to the specific steps to success which appear in the following chapters , so just remember OIL . |
| 4 | Which again is a part of the luck which probably saved me and er when I got down to the pump which was directly below where the explosion occurred , there was about three or four of us there and er as I said that the only indication that we got out it was a an enormous bang just directly overhead . |
| 5 | I wandered down to the kitchens where Wolsey 's chefs were busy creating subtleties , strange confectionery creations : towers and castles of sugar ready to launch their assault on valiant teeth . |
| 6 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Shortly after a private reading with ‘ Bartholomew ’ in Taos , New Mexico , I drove down to the nearby Rio Grande . |
| 8 | One night — a Friday — I drove down to the Bois de Boulogne . |
| 9 | One Friday evening , I drove down to the lovely old house , Ramster , near Chiddingfold , where artist Mr Paul Gunn and his charming wife Miranda had invited friends to the first night of an exhibition of Paul Gunn 's most recent landscapes , and to drinks and supper . |
| 10 | I strolled down to the Tormes and its Roman bridge : in the Plaza del Puente at its northern end stands an ancient , battered statue of the Roman lion mentioned in Lazarillo de Tormes . |
| 11 | Aunt Bedelia and I were trying to watch Brookside , but it was an impossible mix , like tripe and onions with Bolognese sauce , so when Otley went down to the pub to see the lads I strolled down to the villa . |
| 12 | But it made sense at least to stretch my cramped legs , so I strolled down to the edge of the lake and lit a cigarette . |
| 13 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 14 | Thought of him tonight as I walked down to the river . |
| 15 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 16 | Ben was saying the other day that soon they would drop out as I walked down to the shops ! ’ |
| 17 | So I walked down to the sea and before long , I was at the ship and was swimming round it . |
| 18 | When they had gone , I settled down to the potato and made a mug of tea . |
| 19 | I found that if I settled down to the tape and the life of Apricot Smith , I became quite comfortable . |
| 20 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 21 | They could n't make emergency payments themselves , but if I went down to the social security office … |
| 22 | At nine o'clock , on the dot , I went down to the station cafe to face whatever was going to happen . |
| 23 | Unimpressed , I went down to the edge of the fjord to find somewhere to camp . |
| 24 | I went down to the caravan one day to take some apples , and was startled to see a continuous ripple of ice on the inside of the caravan wall just by my friend 's plump , inviting-looking pillow . |
| 25 | After that I went down to the kitchen and made a cheese sandwich for lunch and wished I 'd gone with Tremayne if only for the ride . |
| 26 | ‘ No , but I went down to the quay one Sunday and I heard her . |
| 27 | ’ So I went down to the canal . |
| 28 | I went down to the basement to see if Russell was there . |
| 29 | Well , it was absolute chaos when I went down to the Press reception before the Women of the Year lunch . |
| 30 | Around twenty-to-eleven , I went down to the kitchen for some milk . |