Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Billingham gets down to grass roots |
| 2 | Once upon a time , an angel came down to earth to test the charity of man . |
| 3 | Here 's your reservoir going down to town , there 's a a big drop there they 'd normally put it through the turbine and pick up some free electricity |
| 4 | GOD 'S PROMISES ON THE BRINK and a hero brought down to earth with a bump |
| 5 | After Peniel , when for a night Jacob also , so unheroic hitherto , played a hero 's part , we are given more subtle comedy and another hero brought down to earth . |
| 6 | Last year Hopper trained down to heavyweight , but found it too draining and lost heavily . |
| 7 | Any late mail — find out if urgent If so — 1st Class stamp , if not — 2nd Class stamp Take down to Reception ( before 6.00 pm ) . |
| 8 | Stone steps beneath an unlocked trapdoor lead down to chamber 4a . |
| 9 | If all the do-gooders in the town got down to grass roots and worked towards a better future for the next generation , this town would be a better one to live in . |
| 10 | But first , after a weekend when Swindon Town came down to earth with a bump , here 's Tim with the sport . |
| 11 | A further bonus came Pakistan 's way with the dismantling of the highly successful Gooch-Atherton opening partnership , the Lancastrian moving down to No. 3 . |
| 12 | The timing of the Bayeux speech — after the popular rejection of the first assembly 's draft and before a second assembly got down to work — suggests strongly that de Gaulle made it with the aim of influencing the constitution-making process . |
| 13 | All at the end you do is losing your voice and , and if you do n't get your way , then you it up louder and louder and louder and if you do n't get your way you may have to back down then and the aggressive person backing down to sort of a submissive does n't always hold very much credibility . |
| 14 | ‘ We intend to have the barrier brought down to block off the car park at nights , ’ he said . |
| 15 | This modification will bring the signal output down to earth as you reduce the volume on the guitar and should , hopefully , eliminate your buzz . |
| 16 | When An Teallach passes from sight behind foothills , the road turns down to scenery of a very different character , to the beautiful trees and parklands of Dundonnell and vistas of sylvan charm . |
| 17 | The Glamorgan opener drops down to vice-captain to make way for Yorkshire 's Martyn Moxon . |
| 18 | He had the body of an athlete , every sinew honed down to perfection , but he was n't brainless . |
| 19 | He picks it up and sees that it 's a tiny silver woman , with hair like spun silk and blue eyes like pieces of the sky come down to earth — ; |
| 20 | The press was another estate of the realm cut down to size . |
| 21 | At about the same time the red blotches on her Louisa 's face also disappeared — which the doctor put down to coincidence . |
| 22 | IRELAND cut the blooming English rose down to size at Lansdowne Road yesterday with a majestic performance of heroic proportions . |
| 23 | " A mixed company sat down to tea … presided over by the Father [ of the chapel ] -the Mother was too busy waiting on the guests to sit down , much less preside . " |
| 24 | WHEN a Charlton chief sat down to dinner in times gone by and found a spur on the table where his meal should have been , he knew the cupboard was bare once . |
| 25 | ‘ But it 's time to sit down to breakfast . |
| 26 | The young New Zealander came down to earth with a bruising bump in the World Cup and still has much to learn , but he remains potentially an all-rounder of world class . |
| 27 | One morning , Mother came down to breakfast . |
| 28 | Beyond the farm , track dips down to gate and bends left . |
| 29 | ‘ YEEEEEUCH ! ’ sputtered Father as the family sat down to tea . |