Example sentences of "we [vb past] down to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in Barbados , we got down to the serious business of Christmas . |
| 2 | When we got down to the final paragraph , Ms Green says that all this extra work will mean that more staff will be needed , and that she 's asking for money . |
| 3 | The venue was the carpark of the College of Textiles , but as this was not a particularly photogenic location we moved down to the river , a short distance away . |
| 4 | Well that 's it , it 's when we moved down to the house |
| 5 | That settled , we wandered down to the river looking for food and natural wonders . |
| 6 | IN comparison to the other places we 'd visited until then , and to those we would subsequently see , Porto was the most touristy — but not unpleasantly so , and we strolled down to the river Douro where all the famous port cellars are . |
| 7 | We were not very popular when we came down to the sitting-room . |
| 8 | I enquired , as we drove down to the shrine . |
| 9 | We walked down to the car-park , through the rhododendrons , round the lake and over the willow-pattern bridge . |
| 10 | He was pin high to the left of the flag and the crowd was stamping and cheering as we walked down to the green . |
| 11 | Instead , as we walked down to the bar this evening , he had been all smiles and indulgent gallantry , complimenting us on our appearance , an arm lightly circling each of our waists . |
| 12 | We flew down to the floor again . |
| 13 | We went down to The Marquee the following morning and I think Ralph came up to us and said that we could have the money for all the gigs , including the Brummel Club , but after that we were finished . |
| 14 | Before we went down to the kitchen Elinor patted all the Napoleana into place , violets and Redouté roses ; a picture of him riding his horse , Marengo , and that one of him feeling for his wallet ; matchstick models made by French prisoners of war and a tricolour flying at half-mast . |
| 15 | The next morning we went down to the cottage , the sun shone and the trees sparkled with diamond necklaces . |
| 16 | We went down to the practice ground and had a round and that was it . |
| 17 | We went down to the dining room . |
| 18 | He was in my heat and we went down to the start to fix our blocks into the Tartan . |
| 19 | Another point about erm what we did this week , we went down to the Guildhall . |
| 20 | We went down to the river Thames and saw the famous London Bridge , with all its shops and houses . |
| 21 | He was as anxious as I was about our journey to Glastonbury and the next morning we went down to the palace refectory feeling heavy-eyed and sluggish . |
| 22 | We went down to the white-washed infirmary where I made Benjamin stop at the kitchen for rags soaked in vinegar and herbs . |
| 23 | Also we went down to the H.Q. at Pages Park where we saw some men putting up photographs of the line in the past . |
| 24 | Next day we went down to the Nene Valley Railway . |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | We went down to the |
| 27 | Each morning we ran down to the harbour to watch the previous night 's catch being landed . |
| 28 | We had Liverpool superstar Frank Holden for company as we travelled down to the Twenty Foot river near March . |
| 29 | As we swept down to the seam in the old iron lift we all grabbed each other 's hands in simultaneous panic . |
| 30 | As we sat down to the first of many repetitive meals of salted fish and ground corn , I broached the question of finding a prahu which might carry us as far as Aru . |