Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are people here who bring you back down to earth , ’ says the goalkeeper innkeeper . |
| 2 | It gets them up through a business meeting and brings them back down to earth when the crisis is passed . |
| 3 | Come to that , I suppose , most of the other sprinters were hoping that the timing was wrong and were eager to bring me back down to earth . |
| 4 | She gave herself over completely to sensation . |
| 5 | ‘ And the reason the boy wonder suddenly rang and invited me to watch him go through his paces was because he wanted to show off something rotten , ’ she teased , intent on bringing him back down to earth . |
| 6 | His statement pulled her back down to earth . |
| 7 | His cheerful London accent seemed to bring her back down to earth , and she hurried to unlock the bolts and let him into the hallway . |
| 8 | It might have been dubious to have had any of the characters holding the scissors , but because it was the child of the foursome doing it , that made it an even bigger mistake , which I accepted , putting it down totally to inexperience on my behalf . |