Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 2 | Sir Richard led them down through a flagstoned kitchen and scullery , out into the great yard around which the house was built . |
| 3 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 4 | Then he led them down into the bloody cloud again . |
| 5 | Woolley led them down in a mock attack , the arrowhead formation swooping in a long , curling dive that went under the Frenchman 's tail and zoomed up and levelled out , back on patrol . |
| 6 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 7 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 8 | Well knock me down with a naked Klingon ! |
| 9 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 10 | Make the patchwork on the shells by spreading the glue over a small area , laying on scraps of cloth and pressing them down with the damp cloth . |
| 11 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 12 | The weight of the shot drew it down through the grating and out of his sight like a skittering lizard . |
| 13 | He 's going to rot it , which means he 's going to record it off transmission , and then pump it down , send it down to the General News Service in London for consideration by W A T O which is World At One . |
| 14 | Yes , could you say that just a little louder , I 'm not sure that they caught it down in the lower basement . |
| 15 | Thirty had been a party for fifty , and now had honed it down to a fabulous four . |
| 16 | Skirting a tinker camp , Mrs M. eventually put me down beside the fast-flowing River Moy at Ballina . |
| 17 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 18 | Put her down as a poss . |
| 19 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 20 | The different sorts of Goblins can do this in different ways but the objective is the same : either attack an enemy unit and bog it down in a protracted combat , or stand in the way of an enemy unit to prevent it attacking your core units . |
| 21 | I put it down to a lingering melancholy and sense of impending loss at leaving the melin , even though by now he was in full agreement . |
| 22 | But I put it down to a natural wish on Jefferson 's part to protect what for him was a considerable investment in a new club and , if Harley 's new agent had exacted his usual pound , or stone rather , of flesh , a considerable investment in a golf pro . |
| 23 | He had felt the same , momentarily , stepping into the dyeyard at Nicosia , but put it down to a foolish nostalgia . |
| 24 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 25 | Some put it down to the sheer popularity of the winner Nigel Jones — others to the alleged racism of would-be Tory voters , unwilling to endorse the party 's official candidate , the barrister John Taylor . |
| 26 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 27 | Carew folded the paper and put it down on the cluttered tray beside him . |
| 28 | Nick closed his book , put it down on the scorched grass beside him and got out his pipe . |
| 29 | Whatever type of communication system we use , we can break it down into the following parts : ( a ) a source of information ( b ) a device which converts the information into a suitable form for transmission ( c ) the means of communication ( channel of communication ) itself ( d ) perhaps some form of processing circuit(s) at intervals along the way ( e ) a destination for the signal and its conversion into a suitable form ( which is normally that of the original ) and , finally , ( f ) the receiver of the information . |
| 30 | It 's quite a complex manoeuvre and so we 'll break it down into the different parts that changing hands , turning the boat around and changing sides . |