Example sentences of "he be down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel the improvement we have seen in him is down to that . ’ |
| 2 | As a result he is down to 7-1 third favourite for the Champion and the way he is improving he could end up shorter still . |
| 3 | Sead used to weigh 12 stone … now he 's half that His brother was 13 stone … he 's down to 9 stone |
| 4 | Enver says he 's down to his last kilo of flour , otherwise his cupboard 's empty . |
| 5 | Erm well Salisbury Park 's got sixty odd members erm Kevenmour twenty odd Wre er so Johnstown ooh a dozen or fifteen something like that and there 's a se , and the fourth one , Bareala he 's down to next to nothing ! |
| 6 | He 's down to the fucking , it 's taken him more than three hours ! |
| 7 | For one thing he was down to half-pay and even more important , there were no little extras coming every week in brown envelopes . |
| 8 | He nodded and departed , and I relayed the request to the barman who shook his head and said he was down to six cubes . |
| 9 | By the time he was 22 he was down to a 9 handicap and was off 2 when he turned professional at the start of last year . |
| 10 | He contemplated a few drags until he realized he was down to his last three matches , and reluctantly put the cigarette back in his pocket . |
| 11 | When he looked for his money , he found that he was down to his last few shillings . |
| 12 | His wealth is a matter of awestruck tabloid speculation ; his parsimony a thing of show-business legend : " Andrew was almost broke when he was down to his last £3 million , " one friend remembers . |