Sentence examples for told down to from inspiring English sources

In all likelihood, a majority of them will report exactly the results they have been told, down to the percentage point, regardless of how people actually vote.

At that point, Mr Sarkozy gave the impression of turning his back on the dossier, since left to tortuous "Geneva negotiations" on establishing rules for regional co-operation.This tallies with what I was later told, down to the drafting of peace terms by Moscow.

And the tale of C.I.A. involvement in the 1953 oil-prompted coup in Iran is marvelously told, down to the appealing detail of the operative Kermit Roosevelt listening to "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" on his phonograph while he awaited the shah's agreement to the American cause.

Next, the shooter told Downing to sit in the very back seat and face him.

By measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he could tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were.

Farmers can create satellite maps to tell them, down to the inch, where to drop chemicals and fertilizers.

"We were told to go down to the shelters," he recalled.

The court was told it was down to lack of provision for potential losses.

We are told to continue down to the beach.

Most of what they tell him boils down to this: "It gets easier".

I was told to tone it down, to calm down.