Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I took my dreams down to breakfast : I 'd scribble while eating , like an Inspector from the Good Bed-and-Breakfast Guide .
2 They did not seem entirely happy , to Esther , but Esther put her suspicions down to jealousy .
3 And I used to listen to that kind of flattery which all too often can drag the most doughty warriors from their heights down to hell itself .
4 He left the room , and she heard his shoes whisper their way down to Room C.
5 How ? she pondered as she made her way down to breakfast .
6 How any attempt was going to be made when she was in Mariánské Láznë and Ven in Prague , she had n't fathomed as she made her way down to breakfast .
7 McBride can put his luck down to criticism from scribes down south earlier in the season , rather than bad selection policy .
8 Was his success down to size or technique …
9 One morning , on his way down to breakfast , Dada saw her kneeling on the left-hand flight of the double staircase ; thinking she was saying her prayers , she was bent so low , Dada stepped past her politely .
10 When he was ready he came back into her room , shutting the door behind him on his way down to dinner .
11 The sight of Egbert brought his thoughts down to ground .
12 Sam crashed his gears down to second as his decrepit car met a slight hill .
13 For orders over £45 ( excluding p&p ) , we are giving away FREE of charge a 20cm/8in Chinese carbon steel chopper for cutting your ingredients down to size , worth over £5 .
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