Example sentences of "down to the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew she had inherited something unique ; she did not know how to save it ; she found out ; and she did it , down to the last chair cover . |
| 2 | That everything they ever went into was planned by you , down to the last detail , ’ Mona was emboldened to add . |
| 3 | Garden criminals range from gnome-snaffling pranksters to professionals who swoop on country houses at night armed with a crane and a lorry , ready to snatch everything from £20,000 orchids down to the last £700 Koi carp in the pond . |
| 4 | That is why Lloyd 's now needs to question its hallowed notion of unlimited liability , which makes names liable down to the last button on their boxer shorts . |
| 5 | To load a program into the computer : this does not mean that the future has been planned down to the last detail , that everything is written ‘ up above ’ . |
| 6 | Loyal to their oath down to the last breath , the 6th Army , under the exemplary leadership of General Field Marshal Paulus , succumbed to the superior force of the enemy and the unfavourable conditions . |
| 7 | Generals , officers , non-commissioned officers , and men fought shoulder to shoulder down to the last shot . |
| 8 | By measuring the scattering of X-rays by hirudin , when linked to a key blood coagulation factor called thrombin , his team deduced its structure down to the last atom . |
| 9 | If you were designing the ultimate holiday resort for Club 18–30 , you would copy San Antonio right down to the last bar and grain of sand . |
| 10 | Examining the Bible down to the last letter |
| 11 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |
| 12 | Many blocks of flats , for all ages , have service charges attached , so make sure you know all about them , down to the last penny , before committing yourself . |
| 13 | Me , I manage British Rail 's timetable , down to the last 66-minute hour . |
| 14 | It all came down to the last throw the lady who came second had three houses on Park Lane and Mayfair but I threw an 11 and sailed right past ! ’ |
| 15 | It would be completely furnished , down to the last teaspoon . |
| 16 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 17 | We believe that only furniture designers who are skilled in every aspect of kitchen design and construction can ensure that your commission reflects your taste and your needs down to the last detail . |
| 18 | After that I replaced everything that may have become contaminated with metal toxins , down to the last grain of sand . |
| 19 | The restoration of this historic fighter has been completed right down to the last detail , it carries a complete set of camera ports , although the cameras have not been fitted . |
| 20 | Heart attack victim Jeff , 72 , planned his send off down to the last detail . |
| 21 | They expect you to know exactly how many there are , even the exact number of barn owls in the British Isles , right down to the last check . |
| 22 | Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine . |
| 23 | The desired result was the obliteration ad extremum fetum , down to the last foetus , of the entire entrenched Sagramaso clan , hereditary rulers of Karkason . |
| 24 | Everything in front of him he read , down to the last words . |
| 25 | Obviously the pieces gradually reduce in size but I do find that I can work with even very small pieces , as they stay whole and workable down to the last tiny fragment . |
| 26 | It had not crossed Flora 's mind that St Saviour 's might need payment for teaching her , only that her place there depended upon her ability to have the right uniform , all the uniform , down to the last sock garter and science overall . |
| 27 | ‘ The discourtesy shown to me , down to the last detail … was not expected and I profoundly resent it , ’ he wrote to his brother after a visit to the new Prime Minister at Chequers . |
| 28 | This is the menu as recorded by the Colonel and solemnly consumed down to the last friandise : |
| 29 | She would pester him until she got exactly what she wanted , down to the last painted fan and embroidered reticule . |
| 30 | The judge accepted that he at least attempted to put to her that it was an extremely onerous document and made her liable down to the last penny if Eratex Ltd. failed . |