Example sentences of "them 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 . |