Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It depends entirely where you live whether it 's down to the school you are in or the local education authority . |
| 2 | Competition techniques are pretty much down to the individual himself . |
| 3 | you get you get , keep your own because if there 's any time she ca n't walk down to the bottom we 've always |
| 4 | Just one Peter yes , but we 'll put that down to the going I think , we 'll have to put it down to something , so we 'll put it down to the going . |
| 5 | Then he seemed to recognize every feature of the place , right down to the boulder which had sheared the wheel off the property wagon , on that horrible night . |
| 6 | In fact has it been a very difficult year for you or have you been able to have some control , because it 's all down to the watering I guess |
| 7 | It 's set in its own park with beautiful rolling gardens leading down to the road which separates the hotel from its own private beach , yet is only a few minutes from the centre . |
| 8 | We all moved out of the church down to the lake which glistened brightly , though the island itself was still mist-shrouded . |
| 9 | We went to Emmerdale Farm , we went down to the pub you know and er I saw the old vicar and er , who else did we see ? |
| 10 | When later on she went down to the sea she felt almost as cheerful again as in pre-Andrée days . |
| 11 | Oh goodness yes there 's mud , there was like Cliff Quay you had , you had your mud and when you come to chalk and further down the river you come to ballast near , near Al near the Albridge and further down you come to peat , then you come to green clay , then you come to Cattoes you c you start to dredge ballast again , Pinn Mill you 'd dredge ballast and then right away down to the sea you 'd dredge ballast . |
| 12 | Both the local people and the expatriate community had been happy to befriend the pretty blonde newcomer and her infant son , with the result that whenever Ashley came down to the village she spent a good proportion of her time chatting . |
| 13 | It was a scene of intense bustle at the mills , with scores of children busily at work , and from the Bonsor Mill the roar of the machinery , at times , penetrated down to the village itself . |
| 14 | Owen went down to the souk himself . |
| 15 | Like many experts in this line he finds his days are taken up by writing and talking about gardening , with precious little time left to get down to the gardening himself . |
| 16 | As the Frenchmen left their hiding place to head down to the shore they ran into several German patrols and , after giving a good account of themselves , were captured when they ran out of ammunition . |
| 17 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 18 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 19 | Which again is a part of the luck which probably saved me and er when I got down to the pump which was directly below where the explosion occurred , there was about three or four of us there and er as I said that the only indication that we got out it was a an enormous bang just directly overhead . |
| 20 | down to the river you know |
| 21 | I know no England bowlers swing an old ball in the way Waqar and I do , but that is down to the way we grip it . |
| 22 | I would n't put it down to the way I was manipulated as a child . ’ |
| 23 | No matter that I had no experience , I had rehearsed this role for years , blocking everything out — right down to the way I would sit , ministering to the words of the desired object — yet never believing that I might actually perform . |
| 24 | Interestingly , the shrouds are taken down to a deep , galvanised , mild steel I-beam which runs between this bulkhead and the main bulkhead forward of the mast : ties are not taken down to the hull itself , so the lockers and shelving behind the settees remain unobstructed . |
| 25 | And like well I said to her I said well then Sandy would have put it down to the fact she did that bad in her ballet . |
| 26 | Satisfied that it would bring them exactly down to the point he wanted on the starboard side of Lord Jim , he asked — " How do you feel about your husband ? " |
| 27 | The whole notion of society was patriarchial , from the concept of God the father right down to the father who actually dominated the household and dictated even when the rosary should be said , and so forth . |
| 28 | Lancashire Region to second and colleagues if , if all the other movers and seconders and the C E C speaker would all come down to the front it would help us enormously with time Yorkshire Region to move . |
| 29 | I call Birmingham Region to move two three six and again colleagues , if supporting speakers could come down to the front it will assist . |
| 30 | You 've seen the er round , say th looking fro on the top of the bomb i it 's round and then there 's fins down to the bomb itself er you follow me ? |