Example sentences of "[verb] she down " in BNC.
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| 1 | That bloody gaff we 're livin' in now is gettin' 'er down . |
| 2 | He drew her down to kiss her . |
| 3 | Isobel took it , and he drew her down so she sat on the silk rug at his feet , on a pattern of birds and flowers , of blues and scarlets and browns . |
| 4 | He drew her down and again she lay the length of him , over him . |
| 5 | ‘ You know I ca n't , damn you , ’ she conceded anguishedly , appalled by her vulnerability as he drew her down into his arms . |
| 6 | Two arms caught her and drew her down into warmth and security as she continued to cry into the comfort of her husband 's chest . |
| 7 | He steered her to the sofa , drew her down beside him . |
| 8 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |
| 9 | Nicolo grinned as he drew her down beside him on a marble bench . |
| 10 | He drew her down with him on to it . |
| 11 | He would have joined Melissa on the great bed , pressing her down against the coverlet and ravishing her long white neck with passionate kisses . |
| 12 | For a second his eyes met hers and then he came to her quickly , his body covering her own , pressing her down into the softness of the bed , his skin against hers an almost unbearable pleasure . |
| 13 | Now and again , he could be militant : when Lady Astor gave a speech in which she suggested that ex-servicemen should wear arm bands to warn people that they might have venereal disease , my father shouted her down and called her an ex-chorus girl . |
| 14 | Rarely , and this was one of the times , she knew she was tied to him by what seemed like a tight cord of anxiety that vibrated to his needs , never hers ; how she was afflicted by him , how he weighed her down . |
| 15 | Even so , Police Constable Clifford nearly hit her , and it was only by a combination of his skill and the excellent condition of his car 's brakes that he was able to stop a fraction of a second before knocking her down . |
| 16 | He apologized and helped her down at the end of the road . |
| 17 | A corporal wearing an SP 's armband helped her down , and from the distance she sensed the clunk and slap of a double bass and drums that tapped out a rumba beat . |
| 18 | Her knees rattled together like castanets as he helped her down on to the jetty . |
| 19 | In the face of misfortunes and petty irritations , of death and daily pain , and the loss of love , she had held to her expectations and they had never let her down . |
| 20 | Her bitterness was divided equally between the medical profession , who she felt had let her down , and her sister , who although living nearby , had left her to look after their mother while the old lady died slowly of cancer . |
| 21 | He had never let her down before . |
| 22 | The doctors had let her down , her baby was difficult , her mother-in-law was not good enough . |
| 23 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 24 | I offered them all glasses as well , and Angelica took one and went on bellyaching to all around her about how Steve had let her down and she should never have trusted the louse , and it was a tribute to her acting that there was a distinct drawing aside of skirts in the pursed mouths of those around her who were fed up with hearing about it . |
| 25 | Yes , Shadwell had let her down . |
| 26 | Lizzy had adored her father and he had only ever let her down . |
| 27 | As for her mother : Ma , she felt , had let her down . |
| 28 | In spite of the fact that he had let her down badly and most devastating of all , even though he now had a new love — Beth still pined for him . |
| 29 | Ruby did not want to , she wanted to talk about her technique even though it had let her down . |
| 30 | If her husband had let her down , as was apparently the case , she ought to have a male relation of some kind , to see to things . |