Example sentences of "slow down for the " in BNC.

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1 At dusk , passing through the countryside , everything was slowing down for the night .
2 The annual growth of world trade in 1991 slowed down for the third successive year , according to the annual report of the Director-General of GATT , issued on March 18 .
3 John talked , quickly and urgently , while Patrick drove along the M4 , crossed the Chiswick and Hammersmith Flyovers and slowed down for the traffic in Cromwell Road .
4 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 .
5 This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully .
6 Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time .
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