Example sentences of "[to-vb] down for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 2 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 3 | He is the only pianist I have ever heard who does not make Balakirev 's Islamey sound clumsy in places , who does not need to slow down for the middle section of Liszt 's Rhapsodie espagnole , and who can play repeated notes faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets . |
| 4 | The opposition to Raybestos then appeared to die down for the following year , only to return with a vengeance in 1980 . |
| 5 | The base , a tent camp which is operated by Adventure Network International , is in the process of being run down ready to close down for the Antarctic winter . |