Example sentences of "[pron] down to earth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of students , particularly from Beijing , were sent to undertake ‘ social practice ’ during the summer vacation in the hope that contact With ‘ real life ’ would bring them down to earth and give them a more realistic assessment of society . |
| 2 | The illegal payments scandal brought them down to earth with a bump and down into the 3rd division . |
| 3 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 5 | Then shower — ‘ Acqua Fredda ’ , cold spray to tone and give elasticity to the skin and bring you down to earth . |
| 6 | A family just keeps you down to earth . |
| 7 | It really does bring everything down to earth . |
| 8 | Afterwards , when coffee was served together with delectable hand-made chocolates , Merrill tried again to bring herself down to earth . |
| 9 | In an effort to bring herself down to earth again , she said pleasantly , ‘ You never told me how you got into Woodline Design . |
| 10 | That usually brought him down to earth . |
| 11 | D'Arcy hated to bring him down to earth , but it had to be done . |
| 12 | His leadership is respected by all the rugby nations of the world , but a happy bunch of youngsters from Witham School brought him down to earth as they piled in yesterday at Twickenham . |
| 13 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |
| 14 | In a way , she brought him down to earth . |
| 15 | It was the sound of a dull thud from the direction of the bedroom which brought her down to earth with shattering finality , icing her blood , freezing her to the spot . |
| 16 | At eighteen , in love with love , she 'd accepted his ring and walked on air until common sense had brought her down to earth and made her realise that marriage to him would be a total disaster . |
| 17 | To bring it down to earth , she ended with a pet joke phrase of theirs — ‘ tears before bedtime ! ’ |
| 18 | and the idea is so you , you push it down to earth , you want it down to there |