Example sentences of "they [vb past] down to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would chat away to her about their day until they got down to the schoolwork . |
| 2 | before they got down to the autographs . |
| 3 | It was only when they got down to the particular that problems arose . |
| 4 | And erm , after that they got down to the serious business ! |
| 5 | The rain softened the surface and showed the imprint of their short stay as they swooped down to the mirage of what had been their habitat . |
| 6 | then they moved down to the house opposite the green in front of the church which I think the now live in next to the , Janet and Peter , that house and then they moved up to a bungalow . |
| 7 | They drew down to the back of the hummock which remained an ivy-grown tump until they were within a few paces and could see rough-hewn timber planks behind it . |
| 8 | They drove down to the harbour and watched the cargo boat for the Aran Islands loading up , the crew of black-haired ruddy men chatting easily to them , amused — delighted — by their northern accents and their contrasting styles . |
| 9 | They came down to the verge of the lake , and drank and drank . |
| 10 | Well some of them came by road and RAF trucks , the fuselages , and then there were all they started at the top of the airfield in the old flying club pavilion , and then they were er stripped down and stuff was taken off them , checked out , for airworthiness to see whether it was ready to go back on the planes , and then they came down to the back of the top hanger which was then they were all down to the skeleton of the aircraft and they started rebuilding them again like , there were engine shops and the place at the bottom hanger where they used to make the Swallow side-cars was the spraying and where they completed the aircraft . |
| 11 | They strolled down to the Temple , in the evening sunshine . |
| 12 | After service they strolled down to the waterside , where they talked about stockings and the weaving of plaid ; ‘ What particular parts of commerce are chiefly exercised by the merchants of Aberdeen , I have not inquired , ’ wrote Johnson . |
| 13 | The children began to worry , and they climbed down to the mouth of the tunnel . |
| 14 | They walked down to the Old Rectory gates . |
| 15 | They stripped in silence and he took her hand as they walked down to the water 's edge . |
| 16 | Of Glenelg they saw little ; after breakfast on Thursday , 2 September , having parted company with their guides John Hay and Laughland Vass , they walked down to the shore and were ferried to Skye . |
| 17 | They walked down to the river , as a motley crowd milled about the jetties where the ferry boats left for the West Bank . |
| 18 | Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’ |
| 19 | They trooped down to the hospital 's underground parking lot , and there Chrissie and the children took their places in the back of the black London cab that would be driven by Bodie . |
| 20 | They trooped down to the studio for the line-up , taking their glasses of brandy with them . |
| 21 | In the village , mothers told their children this story to warn them to be careful when they went down to the river . |
| 22 | Early March was scarcely the time of year for pleasure-sailing , but the young women insisted on going along ; and wrapping up warmly , they went down to the harbour and found fishermen to row them out in one of their high-prowed cobles . |
| 23 | They went down to the water 's edge and Gran poked with her stick , mouth twisting in on itself . |
| 24 | It would be seven and sixpence for the consultation if they went down to the surgery . |
| 25 | They went down to the Crown and Trumpet a couple of hours ago … ’ |
| 26 | Its criti-cisms could easily be dubbed ‘ elitist ’ ( not in fact a vogue word at that time ) , but they boiled down to the traditional media dilemma about how far people know what they ‘ want ’ until they have been shown choices beyond their existing experience . |
| 27 | So that they floated down to the next district and they would n't have to bother . ’ |
| 28 | Kelly looked straight ahead as they cantered down to the start of the gallop . |
| 29 | So the next morning , they ran down to the fence and watched the 9.15 come out of the tunnel . |
| 30 | And she thought of him relaxed , as he had been on the beach , his incredible body beside hers as they ran down to the sea , his face laughing and his hair untidy … |