Example sentences of "they [verb] down to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting faster , steady speed in that bit , and then from the speed there which is steep , as you follow the tangent of that curve , it 's slower , slower , slower , and they slow down to a walk , and then they stop . |
| 2 | They settled down to a tour de force , delivered with the power of Concorde on full throttle . |
| 3 | They settled down to a discussion of their problems , and the work they had in front of them . |
| 4 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 5 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 6 | Members of one free-swimming group lack a gut altogether and look very like the tiny free-swimming coral organisms before they settle down to a sedentary life . |
| 7 | Pale and shaking , they sat down to a muted conversation about where the day 's campaign would be fought . |
| 8 | They sat down to a celebration champagne lunch with Dai Davies , the farm manager , and set about opening the heaps of telegrams and congratulatory letters ‘ so that we really felt on top of the world ’ . |
| 9 | By the time they sat down to a light but elegant dinner , a warm rapport had grown between the two women . |