Example sentences of "[vb -s] down to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes down to his estate and does n't stay there a moment , we call in at Luxor and he does n't want to go ashore . |
| 2 | He strips down to his T-shirt and striped boxer shorts . |
| 3 | When she is doing anything with children , she always squats down to their level , touches them and listens to them , and the response she gets in just a few moments with each is quite extraordinary . |
| 4 | The chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News announced in his 1986 annual report that ‘ The Times now has a cost structure much lower than our own … we must get our own costs down to their level as soon as possible ’ . |
| 5 | Thousands of different kinds of rocks have been described and separately named , but when one gets down to their chemistry , one finds that they all have a great deal in common . |
| 6 | DAVID QUANTICK gets down to his underwear to talk with the girl Bowie forgot . |
| 7 | Funded partly by the RSPCA but not by pig producers , it is built around the idea of allowing a sow to do what comes naturally when she settles down to her accouchement . |
| 8 | His resurgence is something he puts down to his coach , Bob Torrance . |
| 9 | It is a trait he puts down to his father , who died two years ago . |
| 10 | We first see Ajax and Thersites trading metaphors of boils and scabs ; Achilles enters in verse ( II.i.55f. ) , but soon comes down to their level . |