Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] down " in BNC.
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1 | I heard her , sir : " Why do n't you throw me down ! " she says . |
2 | Ah no Heather I 'll throw them down there you 'll have to get lighted the fire try and some right . |
3 | Alice , who had been about to get up , ready to leave , said quickly , " He does n't want me down there ? |
4 | ‘ Might slow me down . ’ |
5 | I do n't feel pleasure , I do n't feel pain , if you wan na knock me down , I just get up again . |
6 | Did you slow them down ? |
7 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
8 | Would it slow them down or make them more vicious ? |
9 | Another owner discovered that if he put a line of coins on his sideboard his cat would knock them down one by one . |
10 | The area man 'll look at it and say ‘ You can knock them down ’ . |
11 | Why did he knock them down ? |
12 | on a lot of systems , really now is the time for you to try and go and buy a new system , because you can knock them down immensely really good bargains the basic |
13 | Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground . |
14 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
15 | My favourite drum sounds have always been The Glitter Band 's so I thought it was silly not to try and track them down . |
16 | ‘ Why do n't you strip me down and go over me with a scrubbin' brush ? ’ |
17 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
18 | ‘ He 'd track me down through the credit cards I use , ’ she said . |
19 | Dem hav many troops fe batter yu down , |
20 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
21 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
22 | But after a time the right person could tie you down . |
23 | If the gang does track you down to your hiding place , you are definitely out of luck . |
24 | ‘ I thought he 'd track you down , ’ Nick said . |
25 | It was true of Eliot , as it was true of Dr Johnson , that he needed to read himself into a writing disposition ; and that is perhaps why some of his best essays were produced under the stimulus of a particular kind — a review-book or some text which would ‘ tie him down ’ . |
26 | Yet there is no trace of arrogance in his writings or pronouncements , and for those who could track him down , there was a man who was more than ready to mull over the ideas of lesser mortals . |
27 | If Heather did track him down , we need to know what he told her . |
28 | ‘ Or do n't tell me that all those questions about Ryan were simply so that you could track him down and make him pay the money back ? ’ |
29 | Do you need it down ? |
30 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |