Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the guard was told that no one had moved from their seats he became very worried because he said he had to make out a report to British Rail as to the cause of the delay and he then said , ‘ I 'll have to put it down to person or persons unknown ’ . |
| 2 | For such particles , tachyons , infinite energy would be required to slow them down to light-speed . |
| 3 | And sometimes dad used to take us down to Serenity , to see the ships . |
| 4 | ‘ If I was to praise the girls in the post office , being Irish they would have to cut them down to size , ’ Moran argued . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Afterwards , when coffee was served together with delectable hand-made chocolates , Merrill tried again to bring herself down to earth . |
| 7 | In an effort to bring herself down to earth again , she said pleasantly , ‘ You never told me how you got into Woodline Design . |
| 8 | D'Arcy hated to bring him down to earth , but it had to be done . |
| 9 | and things , job families er , we 've got that already and we 've got , there 's gon na be the computer thing on careers but you see we 've only managed this year to get it brought down from year eleven , somebody who went into this , keeping it very close to myself , to bring it down to year ten they 're actually you know , it 's very , very difficult to let them remove it and I ca n't see that you can then make that down to ninth year just yet . |
| 10 | To bring it down to earth , she ended with a pet joke phrase of theirs — ‘ tears before bedtime ! ’ |