Example sentences of "[pron] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For such particles , tachyons , infinite energy would be required to slow them down to light-speed . |
| 2 | Remove old , unproductive fruit trees by cutting them down to shoulder height before using the stump as a lever to help dig out all the roots . |
| 3 | ‘ If I was to praise the girls in the post office , being Irish they would have to cut them down to size , ’ Moran argued . |
| 4 | Girls can be praised for paying boys back in their own currency , for cutting them down to size , or for challenging the male domination of the music business . |
| 5 | She does n't avoid the painful issues that divide us — but , as few writers can , she makes us laugh at them and bring them down to size . |
| 6 | I took them down to Paradise Park for sexing . |
| 7 | ‘ Shall I bring them down to Water Gypsy this evening , or will you come up to Chimneys to see them ? ’ |
| 8 | While there are problems in the class , … when I looked at the programme I could see that problems that are caused because you are not explaining yourself , you are not getting them down to work , they do n't understand what they 're doing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The illegal payments scandal brought them down to earth with a bump and down into the 3rd division . |
| 11 | Such ruthless honesty certainly cuts me down to size , ’ he said idly . |
| 12 | Well my other car is a nineteen twenty nine V six Bentley , which will do a hundred mile an hour , so if I drive them alternately it cuts me down to size . |
| 13 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 15 | I believe in the tall poppy syndrome that if you grow up too tall there will always be people ready to cut you down to size . |
| 16 | Then shower — ‘ Acqua Fredda ’ , cold spray to tone and give elasticity to the skin and bring you down to earth . |
| 17 | A family just keeps you down to earth . |
| 18 | It really does bring everything down to earth . |
| 19 | Afterwards , when coffee was served together with delectable hand-made chocolates , Merrill tried again to bring herself down to earth . |
| 20 | In an effort to bring herself down to earth again , she said pleasantly , ‘ You never told me how you got into Woodline Design . |
| 21 | Sin therefore reduces God to man 's image , scales him down to man 's size and substitutes man 's view of God for God himself . |
| 22 | When Mother — the marvellous Avis Bunnage , resisting all temptation to caricature — calls him down to breakfast , Crawford descends from the flies in a parachute . |
| 23 | why ca n't you send him down to court ? |
| 24 | So the way he 's , is n't it the way he 's dressed for that is fine , but you ca n't send him down to court like that . |
| 25 | When the time came , he would cut him down to size . |
| 26 | That usually brought him down to earth . |
| 27 | D'Arcy hated to bring him down to earth , but it had to be done . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | In a way , she brought him down to earth . |