Example sentences of "it [vb past] down to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it came down to was this : if I was going to do anything I was going to have to take on another part-time catering or cleaning job . |
| 2 | What it came down to was that Erlich had one last evening as an independent , and that from first light , from waffles and coffee time , he 'd be part of their team and doing their bidding . |
| 3 | Nor was it of much use to youth workers , as what it boiled down to was a couple of blocking techniques , a punch and a bite : a self-appointed , self-defence expert showing off . |
| 4 | What it boiled down to was : there was here , where he had friends and family , or there was London where he had a few friends and a lot of contacts , and it felt like things were happening , and where you could fill time with something no matter how mixed up and fraudulent you felt … or there was abroad , of course ; the rest of the world ; India ( to take the most extreme example he 'd found so far ) , where you felt like an alien , lumbering and self-conscious , materially far more rich and spiritually far more poor than the people who thronged the place , where just by that intensity of touching , that very sweating crowdedness , you felt more apart , more consigned to a different , echoing place inside yourself . |
| 5 | What it boiled down to was a question of priorities . |