Example sentences of "down to [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even those who slim right down to their goal weight will always find parts they wish were even slimmer ! |
| 2 | They themselves might ‘ motor ’ down to their country retreat at the weekends but they looked with signal disfavour on the idea that the vast mass of the populace might enjoy a similar mobility and have access to pleasures which for the moment were peculiarly their own . |
| 3 | I mean you could never load er , you could never load a hopper down to its plimsoll mark with peat , that was so light and cos you could n't put any more in so you used to have to take it to sea perhaps we we well you would call it half loaded . |
| 4 | This group — and there were some sterling institutions reportedly among the participants — would have trimmed USL down to its core operating system , dumped the loss-making language sector , sold off the $5m-a-year Tuxedo line that some insiders consider a crown jewel and cut back on ES/MP which everybody wanted and no one is buying . |
| 5 | They had to be ready — and able — to do absolutely anything from greeting a minister off a plane to cleaning drains , from handling the press to guiding the helicopter down to its landing site with hand signals . |
| 6 | In another a family is just sitting down to its evening meal . |
| 7 | She 's down to her target weight now . |
| 8 | He went down to his car and down to his company stock and he says now what the money 's due to me you 'll get them in the post . |
| 9 | When traders tracked him down to his hotel room , he would n't answer the door . |
| 10 | Oriental dragons were not bloodthirsty like the Worms in England , and a pretty story tells us that the beautiful colours of autumn leaves are a result of a nearby dragon yawning and tinging them with his warm breath , before settling down to his winter hibernation . |
| 11 | She had sucked comfort with the distant vibration of Fenna 's breathing rumbling down to his tail tip , and he had spun stories for her and woven them into dreams . |
| 12 | We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework . |
| 13 | AFTER THE MONTHS of location shooting in Cornwall , and the completion of the interiors of Straw Dogs at Twickenham Studios in London in March 1971 , Dustin returned to his New York home , determined to spend as much time as possible with his family , only going down to his production office , SweetWall Productions , on West 56th Street , for a few hours a day . |
| 14 | I ignore him and dive down to my furniture underworld to etch the bizarre scene on my mind once more . |
| 15 | Then I went down to my dressing room and there was this big , long note that somebody had written and stuck on my dresser , saying , ‘ How dare you bask in the reflected glory of others ’ and stuff like that . |
| 16 | ‘ That is to go down to my wine cellar and get a bottle of nice cold vintage champagne . |
| 17 | If you are almost down to your goal weight and inches you should follow the instructions in the Maintenance Programme detailed on page 164 . |
| 18 | If the gang does track you down to your hiding place , you are definitely out of luck . |
| 19 | one , as soon as you get , well you 've got ta work out what your speed is then , break , break your speed down to your stopping distance , say it 's thirty , you wannae stop slowing down at forty five feet right , that 's what you have to know erm |
| 20 | Reduce the distance to the ground by hanging from the wall , look down to your landing space , and as you drop , push yourself away to avoid bashing into the wall . |
| 21 | You ring up , order a film and it 's played down to your television set almost immediately . |