Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , an angel came down to earth to test the charity of man . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But first , after a weekend when Swindon Town came down to earth with a bump , here 's Tim with the sport . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He had the body of an athlete , every sinew honed down to perfection , but he was n't brainless . |
| 6 | At about the same time the red blotches on her Louisa 's face also disappeared — which the doctor put down to coincidence . |
| 7 | IRELAND cut the blooming English rose down to size at Lansdowne Road yesterday with a majestic performance of heroic proportions . |
| 8 | " 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 . " |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | One morning , Mother came down to breakfast . |
| 12 | ‘ YEEEEEUCH ! ’ sputtered Father as the family sat down to tea . |