Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Mediterranean peoples rarely sit down to dinner much before nine . ’ |
| 2 | In Kahlo 's painting , the figure falls from the fantasy world she has inhabited to the harsh bloodspattered reality of the street , literally coming down to earth . |
| 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 | I made my way through all the guard checkpoints and got to the Hotel Intourist in the middle of town at about 11 o'clock when David and Geoffrey were just siting down to lunch . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It will just come down to organization really wo n't it ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There is , however , a worrying trend that is perhaps best put down to enthusiasm . |
| 11 | Ammonia is the toxic waste produced by the fish and this is initially bacterially broken down to nitrite in your filtration system . |
| 12 | It 's usually put down to practice ! |
| 13 | But they stayed the longest in Baldersdale , apart from me of course , and eventually retired down to Hunderthwaite , down near the main road . |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | It was when Trudie Sheppard retired that she really got down to work . |
| 16 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |
| 17 | Right , now turn down to number one . |
| 18 | 1 am keen now to get down to work . |
| 19 | Right go down to mum . |
| 20 | At farm keep straight on ( avoiding half right turn down to gate and sharp left turn uphill ) to gate with yellow marker , and continue on well-trodden paths into woods . |
| 21 | Minus one minus three does n't even go down to minus two . |
| 22 | Last night , Platt said : ‘ It could go at any time , walking across the training ground or even sitting down to lunch . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ when they lived in Little Russell Street , in Bloomsbury , Mrs Livesey would sometimes come down to tea with my wife . ’ |
| 26 | Shorter route omits Simon 's Seat , follows edge of Barden Fell down to road , then continues down to river . |
| 27 | It then comes down to affordability . |
| 28 | On her first evening at Thomas 's house , after the shopping spree , she had shyly come down to dinner in one of her new dresses . |
| 29 | Almost dancing on air , Laura had barely come down to earth when she found herself sitting beside him in a small riverside restaurant . |
| 30 | He gave me an ultimatum : either get down to training properly or we part company . |