Example sentences of "[vb infin] it down to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I suppose erm er the , most of the people I 've seen in the last ten years have been people either approaching retirement , planning for retirement or actually at the point of retirement and er we 've obviously looked at this course over a number of years and we try to sort of distil it down to the basics of things that we think are important er and that we think will be useful to you . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll hide in the boat and the river will carry it down to the bridge . |
| 3 | In the evenings , when Kāli brought the cows home , we 'd take it down to the stable to its mother and she would stretch out her nose to it and blow , and the breath would come out as steam in the cold , evening air . |
| 4 | Why not take it down to the firm 's office and let the experts see it for themselves ? |
| 5 | ‘ Tomorrow we will take it down to the village church . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Then tomorrow , you can take it down to the oven and tell them to put it at the bottom , so it -cooks really slowly , to keep it moist . ’ |
| 7 | I would n't put it down to the way I was manipulated as a child . ’ |
| 8 | Just one Peter yes , but we 'll put that down to the going I think , we 'll have to put it down to something , so we 'll put it down to the going . |
| 9 | I 'd always put it down to the studio lights . |
| 10 | oh he 's a stickler if you do n't smash it down to the ground , I 'll be really shocked . |