Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] her down [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago .
2 Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor .
3 They offered to take her down to the sea , so off they went — accompanied by the Dares ' three dogs , hideous mongrels with hearts of gold .
4 Nancy fought wildly , and Sikes had to hold her down in a chair .
5 He 'd managed to track her down on the Friday evening , waiting for several minutes as she was summoned to the communal phone in the hall where she was now a deputy warden .
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