Example sentences of "[vb pp] down to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fermentation of organic matter by gut micro-orgamisms is mediated by a number of interdependent reactions in which complex polymers are first broken down to their constituent monomers by hydrolytic enzymes synthesised by the bacteria . |
| 2 | Taking RNA as food , as Cameron had given it , would simply mean that it would be broken down to its precursor molecules in the gut before being absorbed into the bloodstream . |
| 3 | Stripped down to her petticoat , she felt too tired to undress further . |
| 4 | Look why not come down to my cottage now , and we 'll have lunch there — I never have much more than just a picnic myself — then we can go across this afternoon , and maybe take tea to have on the island ? |
| 5 | ’ And as he and Kraal continued to talk old Minch quietly dropped down to her shelter and took up the food there , listening to their few memories of the world outside . |
| 6 | He was strapped down to his bed and as Irina stood watching him he stirred , the eyelids fluttered open for a second and then closed tight . |
| 7 | He turned out to be an elderly ex-colonel , who was tracked down to his retirement home in Surrey . |
| 8 | Yet poetry which uses old phrases is not always bound down to its creator 's intention . |
| 9 | You ring up , order a film and it 's played down to your television set almost immediately . |
| 10 | It 's the only dignified way of telling them that you 're not going to be made a fool of any longer and you 're not going to be dragged down to their level . ’ |
| 11 | Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper . |
| 12 | Trench had settled down to his book again . |
| 13 | Food particles , sticking to the wall of the bag , are swept down to its bottom by cilia and into a little gut which leads out of the bottom of the bag and curves round to join the exhalant tube . |
| 14 | He had tried to hide his fears from his poor wife and gone down to his warehouse where another message had been awaiting him : he was not to return home , the short letter instructed , but to go to the House of the Crutched Friars where his anxieties would be resolved . |
| 15 | Astor retained the Observer , which was subsequently passed down to his son Waldorf . |
| 16 | The Prince pulled out after aggravating a back strain playing polo but the Queen Mother 's surprise absence was put down to her age by Royal aides . |
| 17 | They were good to me , too , and I recall young John Thwaites being sent down to our farm one Christmas with such a big rosy red apple that I can close my eyes and still see it now . |