Example sentences of "[v-ing] down to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deep rumbling of the explosions dying down to a hissing of falling dust , everything grew quiet , and the twenty or so survivors collapsed against a low wall to get their breath back . |
| 2 | I took a quick breath of relief as I heard it ; the engine of another boat , throttling down to a murmur as she crept into the bay . |
| 3 | I was aware of the fact that there had been what seemed like 20 people working in the office and then it was suddenly dwindling down to a skeleton staff . |
| 4 | I asked what was the oldest part of the farm and was shown a flagstone path leading down to a valley . |
| 5 | They were standing in a narrow hall , with a bicycle propped against one wall and stairs leading down to a basement . |
| 6 | Potted shrubs of sombre green flanked a flight of broad , shallow rockfoam steps leading down to a doorway covered by thick curtains of the darkest purple . |
| 7 | A few feet south of the CBR entrance was a side entrance to the hotel leading down to a beer parlour on one side and the spacious Hotel Cafeteria on the other . |
| 8 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 9 | There 's a garden going down to a stream . |
| 10 | External associations are initially identified " assembly-to-assembly " before moving down to a component-to-component " identification . |
| 11 | Tory asked suddenly , pointing down to a strand of granite pebbles by which a group of bright blooms apparently sprouted out of the shallow water . |
| 12 | Last summer HP decided to proliferate its SoftBench framework source code beyond CASE and stripped out the CASE-specific utilities , getting down to a core communications technology known as the Broadcast Message Server which can coordinate messages among different software applications in a common environment . |
| 13 | ‘ See the post where the little owl has perched ? ’ said the helpful Warden , ‘ call it twelve o'clock , try coming down to a quarter past , near those three lap wings … there 's a chance … ’ |
| 14 | Her complexion was sallow , with lines of bitterness running down to a mouth pinched in discontent , and she looked at Theda out of a pair of lacklustre eyes , with patent contempt . |
| 15 | Filled with unusual trees and shrubs , dropping down to a stream the Professor created himself , the garden flows softly and naturally between their home , Vine House , built in 1725 , and the 18th-century park of Blaise Castle , laid out by Repton , which lies adjacent . |
| 16 | Again , if you 're going to be using notes , you do n't want to be talking down to a table , so think about whether you 're s you 're going to , in your practising , are you going to let your eyes flick down to your notes that 're on the paper , on the table , or are you gon na pick them up ? |
| 17 | On Sunday diners are sitting down to a meal at the Garden of India restaurant in Bondgate . |
| 18 | Before settling down to a tour of the old quarter ( and Stein is almost entirely an old quarter ) , it is a good idea to face the climb to the Burg Hohenklingen , from the battlements of which there is a breathtaking view of the Rhine winding its way through flat green pastures and dense woodland , and of the closely clustered pointed roofs of Stein itself . |
| 19 | After dodging the evil Sheriff 's men and their deadly arrows , try your hand at archery before settling down to a feast under the ‘ Greenwode Tree ’ . |
| 20 | Hundreds of people entered into the spirit of the occasion and enjoyed a picnic before settling down to a concert featuring some of the best known and stirring pieces of classical music , accompanied by a laser and firework show . |
| 21 | Even in fantasy he could not see Terry Place settling down to a game of chess . |
| 22 | Hundreds have gone off ‘ to find themselves ’ before settling down to a career or further studies . |
| 23 | They were settling down to a family Christmas at home when Belinda suddenly got very tired and her temperature soared . |