Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , anyway , doing the band had become less of a time thing , more a psychological matter of getting down to writing . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I mean , ’ says Howard , waving his arms about , ‘ I mean , is n't it perhaps just that the writers you deal with sort of live down to sort of your expectations ? |
| 3 | Austria has 10 resorts with skiing down to valley level . |
| 4 | She felt light-headed and it was not just the swift change from lying down to standing . |
| 5 | " I believe in the instinctive wisdom of our well-tried democracy , " declared Churchill in 1945 — shortly before going down to election defeat . |
| 6 | His season was cut to just four races , the first three of which he won impressively before going down to Forest Sun in the Rendlesham Hurdle at Kempton already suffering from a bug . |
| 7 | Try and do something about your face before going down to dinner . ’ |
| 8 | Should negotiating executives discuss the political scene or the latest art exhibition before getting down to business ? |
| 9 | The Butter Tubs Pass links Swaledale and Wensleydale , snaking airily up from Hardraw , crossing the saddle between Lovely Seat and Shunner Fell at 1100 feet before dropping down to Thwaite . |
| 10 | Over aperitifs , there was a chance to mingle with friends old and new , before sitting down to luncheon . |
| 11 | He really should go in search of his squire and order some hot water so he could wash away his own grime before sitting down to table . |
| 12 | Back indoors , she brewed coffee and ate a hasty breakfast before settling down to work . |
| 13 | With its other claw , the shrimp then holds the disoriented fish and fires a barrage of ‘ shots ’ at its head before settling down to dinner . |
| 14 | Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys , making mistakes throughout the bag before settling down to birdie the fifth and sixth and reach the turn in 38 . |
| 15 | Indeed , as Amiss saw with fascination , his first act on sitting down to breakfast was to open the tabloid at page three , fold it and prop it against the sugar bowl in such a way that the topless pin-up of the day was there to be looked at every time he got bored with the Telegraph . |
| 16 | By going down to sea level , you can walk out on to the Rocker de la Vierge , reached by a short gangway , which has a statue of the Virgin on top and the beginnings of a jetty planned by the Emperor Napoleon III but never finished because the sea kept demolishing it . |