Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 2 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
| 3 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
| 4 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 5 | Stooping , he grabbed up the letters and stuffed them down behind the chair cushion just as the door opened and his sister walked in . |
| 6 | I want you to drive me down to the railway station in about half an hour . ’ |
| 7 | Galway will still go in as underdogs — an unusual position for them — but one that should suit them down to the ground . |
| 8 | But if I can leave it running and it runs out it will suit me down to the ground . |
| 9 | To the community at Canterbury he was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop , who had let them down in the matter of the primacy of their church . |
| 10 | THE Tranmere Rovers players were so high on good publicity before this match that their manager , John King , said he would have to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 11 | Their manager , John King , said his players were so high on publicity that before this match he had to pull them down from the ceiling . |
| 12 | Allow the applied force gradually to separate your knees , driving them down to the mat . |
| 13 | It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years . |
| 14 | I never give up on people — even those who have let me down in the past . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'd track me down through the credit cards I use , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 17 | bows you down to the ground , bows you weeping |
| 18 | Race you down to the nursery slopes ! ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
| 21 | I want you down at the track as soon as possible . |
| 22 | It was a glimmering he had , but no more than that , and she cast him down from the height of her knowledge . |
| 23 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He would have joined Melissa on the great bed , pressing her down against the coverlet and ravishing her long white neck with passionate kisses . |
| 26 | He apologized and helped her down at the end of the road . |
| 27 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 28 | Well , Marcus said he 'd come and see Pat , and Ludens is driving him down in the Bentley ! |
| 29 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 30 | I think they 've all got their own washing machines on the ward and that sort of thing , whereas we had to do it by hand and then bundle it all up and send it down to the laundry . |