Example sentences of "him down to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sin therefore reduces God to man 's image , scales him down to man 's size and substitutes man 's view of God for God himself . |
| 2 | When Mother — the marvellous Avis Bunnage , resisting all temptation to caricature — calls him down to breakfast , Crawford descends from the flies in a parachute . |
| 3 | why ca n't you send him down to court ? |
| 4 | So the way he 's , is n't it the way he 's dressed for that is fine , but you ca n't send him down to court like that . |
| 5 | When the time came , he would cut him down to size . |
| 6 | That usually brought him down to earth . |
| 7 | D'Arcy hated to bring him down to earth , but it had to be done . |
| 8 | His leadership is respected by all the rugby nations of the world , but a happy bunch of youngsters from Witham School brought him down to earth as they piled in yesterday at Twickenham . |
| 9 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |
| 10 | In a way , she brought him down to earth . |
| 11 | We 'll force him down to Dane End or Watton . ’ |