Example sentences of "[pron] down [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had seen him surrounded by people shouting and screaming , ‘ Go on , my son ’ , not one of them down to lose or win as much as Jack , and he 'd just stand there like a beautiful , pale statue . |
| 2 | you know one popping in and looking after , I find that easier than just putting them down to sleep |
| 3 | By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters . |
| 4 | actually I , the dose that I had to take , I cut them down to see how it would go but , I must admit , I suffered from it Doctor , |
| 5 | An illegit would be an unusual sight there , Fox untucked her sleeves and pulled them down to hang over her wrists . |
| 6 | Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell . |
| 7 | If she strapped them down to make herself look boyish they just stuck out a foot farther down , and ached . |
| 8 | He often picks out distinct things which he notices and writes them down to make us ‘ see ’ for ourselves . |
| 9 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 10 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 11 | and I do n't know whether she took me down to see him to see if I 'd backed down |
| 12 | Then she held the light still and drew me down to kneel beside her . |
| 13 | He maketh me down to lie . |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you bring me down to watch that ? ’ he said gruffly . |
| 15 | Let the man lift me from the car still asleep and wrapped in a tartan blanket , let him lift me and carry me up the stairs to my bed , let him gently say , ‘ we 're here ’ … let him lay me down to sleep . |
| 16 | ‘ I called the NRA and they sent someone down to soak up the oil from the surface with sheets of foam . |
| 17 | I think that he was pulling himself down to touch the pit of his character . |
| 18 | Well most of the time yes Doctor pills were very very good in those days and then of course gin and loads of Epsom Salts brought you down to last leg , no wonder I 've got arthritis . |
| 19 | It 's the difference between the person who knocks you down to take your purse and the person who knocks him down to come to your rescue . ’ |
| 20 | Does it get you down to read every week that you 're a heroin addict ? |
| 21 | As she flung herself down to clasp his knees he stood rigid . |
| 22 | " Bring him down to see us , " they say , " and we 'll tell him how he can and ought to claim for you . " |
| 23 | Cos you had to pull him down to dance . |
| 24 | Some gave him their answer at the door , others invited him inside and sat him down to ask his question . |
| 25 | They could have put him down to graze somewhere and left him there quietly for an hour or two , but certainly yesterday he was running all over the field . |
| 26 | Oh , he , he always starts to whinge when I lay him down to do his coat up , he do n't like |
| 27 | It might be a way of tempting him down to sit in the bar , sometimes . ’ |
| 28 | It had been Sister Cooney 's idea to take him down to help in the library . |
| 29 | It 's the difference between the person who knocks you down to take your purse and the person who knocks him down to come to your rescue . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ No good ever came out of Catgut Alley , that 's for sure , ’ said Aunt Clarabel as she sat him down to fish and chips for lunch . |