Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] her down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bowed , kissed her hand , and led her down to the courtyard where their carriage waited . |
| 2 | He apologized and helped her down at the end of the road . |
| 3 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 4 | We had returned our robes to Messrs Ede & Ravenscroft and followed her down to the huge marquee which had been erected opposite University House . |
| 5 | They took her into the living room and put her down on a sofa . |
| 6 | He carried her across the corridor and put her down on the bed . |
| 7 | He shoved her through the door , slammed it , and forced her down towards a hole in the wall . |
| 8 | As I considered whether to smash her and throw her down on the mountainside , I caught her scent . |
| 9 | This strange , remote , eagle creature , whose body was bathed in incandescence from the fire , except that it was not quite the fire ; whose eyes were dark with passion , and whose arms , strong and safe , were enveloping her , and laying her down on the thick fur rugs before the fire … |
| 10 | Once Astrid had taken her shopping ( she was about four at the time ) and set her down on a stool by a counter when she tried on earrings in a round mirror on a stand ; a salesgirl with a promotional tray of perfumes approached her and Astrid turned and extended her wrist to sample it . |
| 11 | Skinner released Nina from his protection and set her down in an armchair . |
| 12 | She went to sleep , she was so heavy that he thought he could barely carry her another step but he got her home and set her down in the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 13 | Then he bundled her now rosy body into her dry shirt and sat her down on the sleeping-bag to vigorously rub her hair dry . |
| 14 | Mick came and made some tea and sat her down with a cup in her hands and tried to talk some sense into her . |
| 15 | Her mother had bathed her in the tin bath in front of the kitchen fire , had dried her and sat her down before the fire with a bowl of steaming hot broth . |