Example sentences of "[adv prt] to a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
| 2 | It also boasts an hydraulic system which enables a 20-foot pod to be extended to increase the display area and allows the whole vehicle to lower itself down to a floor height of just 18 inches above the ground . |
| 3 | When I 'm boat fishing I use a plain , bodied waggler , which I shot down to a quarter inch or so off the surface . |
| 4 | They have been doubled by Oldham , been beaten by Sheffield United and last night went down to a Middlesbrough side which had lost its previous six matches . |
| 5 | Father-of-three Gordon Corps , 62 , collapsed at 11,500ft on a mountain and died as he was being carried down to a base camp . |
| 6 | Finally , after the audience 's taste buds had been thoroughly excited , we sat down to a gourmet meal with invited guests , Professor Andrew Keller of the Physics Department and Professor Richard Gregory from the Brain and Perception Unit . |
| 7 | Exposed for a long time to moist , saturated , air timber might settle down to a moisture content of 22 per cent or 23 per cent . |
| 8 | ‘ Uncle Tom 's Cabin ’ begins with banjo and acoustic guitar by singer Jani Lane 's bro ( ‘ courtesy of his mom ’ ! ) but it soon gets down to a twin axe wank . |
| 9 | ‘ Uncle Tom 's Cabin ’ begins with banjo and acoustic guitar by singer Jani Lane 's bro ( ‘ courtesy of his mom ’ ! ) but it soon gets down to a twin axe wank . |
| 10 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |
| 11 | P. P. Sometimes , when we were going in at night , when it was wet , we would try and put a mac on and slip down to A Division parade room — hang the mac up quick and dive into your coat . |
| 12 | At the back of the house , a square lawn slopes down to a vegetable plot . |
| 13 | This stretches from just below the wing fringe down to a point level with the centreline of the single chevron ; the joins are so finely stitched as to be almost invisible . |
| 14 | And it 's all down to a Wildlife Rescue Group . |
| 15 | Those who fly in are carried by escalator down to a railway platform . |
| 16 | And certainly we have kept the amou the amount of administration down to a bear minimum if I can show you . |
| 17 | But our improvement this season has been down to a team effort , not to any particular individual . |
| 18 | The mass of instruments was like the cockpit of a seven-four-seven , even down to a control column . |
| 19 | Willingly or unwillingly , she had bound herself down to a copy book with a fidelity that approaches , and this particularly in her most abstract canvases , the photographic … |
| 20 | In a direct boiler system , the copper hot water cylinder ( or , in older installations , galvanised hot water tank ) is supplied with water from the cold water storage cistern ; the water then passes down to a heating boiler , back boiler ( behind a fire ) or gas circulator to be heated before returning to the hot water cylinder . |
| 21 | Well I went down to a rental firm , you know |
| 22 | We walked down to a tank hangar on the far side of the camp where the mass was due to be held , and filed in to take our seats . |
| 23 | ( f ) Transfer from the High Court The High Court may transfer proceedings down to a care centre if it is both appropriate and in the child 's interests to do so ( APO , art 13 ) . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that Ibanez 's current high profile is down to a marketing policy which borders on genius . |
| 25 | They were settling down to a family Christmas at home when Belinda suddenly got very tired and her temperature soared . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The match then settled down to a midfield battle , with neither side risking any mistakes . |
| 28 | I just think it 's going to be kept down to a Christmas card . |
| 29 | Bravura camerawork conspires with a scarce script and some edgy cutting to exploit every ounce of tension , right down to a killer ending . |
| 30 | They 've been around along time , however , and there are those , Gavin Friday included , who would put their meandering career down to a Dublin penchant for beer , bars and general untogetherness . |